Your best opening line

After “show, don’t tell,” the advice I hear most is: your opening line has to grab the reader by the collar.

What’s your best opening line? One you’ve written. The one you’re most proud to share.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
“All children, except one, grow up.”
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged…”
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
“Call me Ishmael.”