First Time Quotes - Page 26

• Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.

  Cory Doctorow

  World, Firsts, Humans

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• I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Firsts, Made, Loud

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.145, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him. What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another. Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Heart, Men, Emotional

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• Lie rather still because this is the first time I've used this equipment.

  Steig Larsson

  Lying, Firsts, Used

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• Maybe . . . because for the first time . . . there was a chance I could keep him,” I say. “So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?” “Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.” And when he kisses me, people in the room actually sigh.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hurt, Kissing, People

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• For the first time in my life, I was in a shoot-out. A real, honest-to-goodness shoot-out with a bad guy. And, apparently, we both sucked.

  Darynda Jones

  Real, Guy, Firsts

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• When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.

  Patrick Süskind

  Done, Proud, Firsts

  Patrick Süskind (2015). “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”, p.236, Penguin UK

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• He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could you learn to be fond of me?" he asked. "With enough time?" She looked at him in surprise. It was the first time in all their acquaintance that she'd heard him sound the least bit hesitant. "I don't need to learn anything," she said, before she thought better of it.

  Lynn Kurland

  Sound, Enough Time, Needs

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• Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.

  Sarah Dessen

  Firsts, Sometimes, Charm

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.260, Penguin

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• As if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. Since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely.

  Cassandra Clare

  Giving Up, Loving You, Stronger

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Glass”, p.532, Simon and Schuster

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• I think that one morning, the Papess woke in her tower, and her blankets were so warm, and the sun was so golden, she could not bear it. I think she woke, and dressed, and washed her face in cold water, and rubbed her shaven head. I think she walked among her sisters, and for the first time saw that they were so beautiful, and she loved them. I think she woke up one morning of all her mornings, and found that her heart was as white as a silkworm, and the sun was clear as glass on her brow, and she believed then that she could live, and hold peace in her hand like a pearl.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Beautiful, Morning, Heart

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• You turned your head to look at me. Your eyes looked so big in your face, so mysterious — wide and flickering like a butterfly-wing mask. When you saw me the wails turned to sobs, and then just quieter heaves of your body. I held out my finger through the bars. Then you reached out and curled your fingers around mine, so tight. I knew you recognized me. That was the first time I knew I had a heart inside my body.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Heart, Butterfly, Eye

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• And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Wall, Boys, Different

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• If you have ever, sir, been through a breakup of a romantic relationship that involved great love, you will perhaps understand what I experienced. There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria at finally being liberated; the world seems fresh as if seen for the first time then comes the inevitable period of doubt, the desperate and doomed backpedaling of regret; and only later, once emotions have receded, is one able to view with equanimity the journey through which one has passed.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Breakup, Regret, Love You

  Mohsin Hamid (2007). “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”, p.158, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Well, we can ride together for a while longer. The highway south is farther along this way. I'll be glad of some cheerful company." "First time anyone's said that about me," Halt replied.

  John Flanagan

  Cheerful, Together, Way

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• So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.

  Albert Camus

  Men, Machines, Firsts

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Stranger”, p.111, Vintage

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• You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.

  Tasha Alexander

  Past, Numbness, Ordinary

  Tasha Alexander (2013). “A Fatal Waltz”, p.163, Hachette UK

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• So at least half the victors have instructed their mentors to request you as an ally. I know it can't be your sunny personality.” “They saw her shoot,” says Peeta with a smile. “Actually, I saw her shoot, for real, for the first time. I'm about to put in a formal request myself.” “You're that good?” Haymitch asks me.

  Suzanne Collins

  Real, Personality, Mentor

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.233, Scholastic Inc.

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• My daddy used to tell me 'the first time you fall in love it changes your life forever, and no matter how hard you try, the feelin' never goes away. This girl you been tellin' me about was your first love. And no matter what you do, she'll stay with you forever.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Girl, Falling In Love, First Love

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• I was in a tailspin of confusion I hadn't experienced since the first time I heard George W. Bush speak.

  Chelsea Handler

  Confusion, Firsts, Speak

  Chelsea Handler (2005). “My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands”, p.160, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

  Andrea Gibson

  Keys, Soldier, Different

  Andrea Gibson (2018). “Take Me With You”, p.158, Penguin

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• The first time we meet another person an insidious little voice in our heads says, "I might wear eyeglasses or be chunky around the hips or a girl, but at least I'm not Gay or Black or a Jew." Meaning: I may be me- but at least I have the good sense not to be YOU.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Girl, Gay, Voice

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Damned”, p.4, Random House

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• Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Animal, Firsts, Dies

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.99, Publishdrive

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• Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.

  Sarah Dunant

  Eye, Differences, People

  Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.102, Random House

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• She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto the moon for the very first time.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Moon, Hands, Firsts

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