Famous First and Last Lines

"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith.  Born  May 3, 1896.  Died November 24, 1990 (aged 94).  She was born in n Whitefield, near Bury in Lancashire, England.  Her father died when she was two, and she and her mother went to go live with her grandparents at Kingston House, 609 Stretford Road.  I Capture the Castle was published in 1948.

The novel takes place in the 1930's, and the story is told by a series of journal entries.  Cassandra lives in an old castle owned by her father, who is a writer suffering from writer's block.  Her father bought the castle in hopes of curing his writers block.  Eventually, two young men from America move in close to Cassandra's home, Neil and Simon Cotton.  Cassandra's sister, Rose, becomes interested in Simon, due to him being wealthier.  The two eventually create a scheme for Simon to propose to Rose, but ends up proposing to Cassandra instead.  Time passes, and Rose and Niel fall in love, while Cassandra falls for Simon.  Before Simon leaves to return to the United States, he visits Cassandra for the last time.  However, she believes that he is in love with Rose, and closes the conversation early.  The book ends with another declaration of her love to him.

I would not like to read this book because there isn't any action.  I enjoy books that have adventures or fantasies in them, not pure romances where the plot is driven by the romance.  I understand that it's written as if someone was experiencing
this particular situation, but I wouldn't want to read that either.