
I'm currently reading Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (second in the Inkheart trilogy). I'm on page 80 or thereabouts, and love it. Each chapter opens with a quote from another book, so I decided to use this quote as well as the first sentence.
Note: I'm obviously reading the English translation by Anthea Bell. I wish my German was good enough to read it in the language it was originally written. Someday, perhaps.
He has been trying to sing
Love into existence again
And he has failed.
- Margaret Atwood, "Orpheus 2", Eating Fire
Twilight was gathering, and Orpheus still wasn't there.