“I haven’t laid eyes on the island in several years. The last time was from a friends boat that ventured into the outer harbor, and I could see it off in the deistance, past the inner ring, shrouded in summer haze, a careless smudge of paint against the sky.”
Dennis Lahane - Shatter Island
I know it's more than one sentence, but without the second the first loses some of it's impact. It's not a strong opening, but it sets the mood perfectly and succintly. This story was so much about mood that after finishing the book, I went back and read it and saw that it was far more prothetic than I first thought, particulalry when he characterizes the island as a "careless smudge of paint."
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