First Lines of David Browne's "Goodbye 20th Century"

 "On the night they met, the summer evening when it all began, the first thing he noticed about her was her height. Since she was a good foot shorter than he was, he had to bend down to say hello. Even when he did, it was hard to see here petite, lean face. She was wearing a cap and sunglasses, the latter with the shades flipped up, and only her long, slender nose poked through."

David Browne, Goodbye 20th Century: A biography of Sonic Youth