You trying to stir up some Styx vs Dickens debate now?
"Tonight's the night we'll make history, honey, you and I" is clearly a more powerful first line than "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
or
In the spirit of unity and cutting the debate short in it's initial stages:
"And then young Pip upon inheriting a fortune implored Estella to 'Come sail away' with him."