--- title: "10 First time Quotes By Ally Condie" description: "10 First time quotes by Ally Condie. Plus more from Ally Condie and more First time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/ally-condie-434_different_it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-tim_3054978.jpg" --- > [“It was as though I saw for the first time that life could branch into different paths, take different directions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-time-that-life-could-branch-into/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/ally-condie-434_different_it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-tim_3054978.jpg) > [There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/there-is-something-extraordinary-about-the-first-time-falling/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/ally-condie-434_crush_there-is-something-extraordinary-about-t_242108.jpg) > [“When we fall in love the first time, we don’t know anything. We risk a lot less than we do if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/when-we-fall-in-love-the-first-time-we-don-t-know-anything-we-risk-a-4/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/ally-condie-434_choose-love_when-we-fall-in-love-the-first-time-we-d_2983846.jpg) > [“There is something extraordinary about the first time falling. But it feels even better to find myself standing on solid ground, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/there-is-something-extraordinary-about-the-first-time-falling-but-it/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/ally-condie-434_first-time_there-is-something-extraordinary-about-t_479488.jpg) > [“When we fall in love the first time, we don’t know anything. We risk a lot less than we do if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/when-we-fall-in-love-the-first-time-we-don-t-know-anything-we-risk-a-2/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/ally-condie-434_fall-in-love_when-we-fall-in-love-the-first-time-we-d_1827622.jpg) > [“She's right. We would compose poems about love and tell stories that have been heard in some form before. But it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-s-right-we-would-compose-poems-about-love-and-tell-stories-that/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/ally-condie-434_creative-expression_she-s-right-we-would-compose-poems-about_54202.jpg) > [“I watched Leo and I realized that he also knew how it felt to be different. To want big things in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-watched-leo-and-i-realized-that-he-also-knew-how-it-felt-to-be/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/ally-condie-434_big-things_i-watched-leo-and-i-realized-that-he-als_2593885.jpg) > [“When we fall in love the first time, we don't know anything. We risk a lot less than we do if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/when-we-fall-in-love-the-first-time-we-don-t-know-anything-we-risk-a/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/ally-condie-434_choose-love_when-we-fall-in-love-the-first-time-we-d_195335.jpg) > [“Ever since the day of the mistake with my Match. I've never known which life is my true one. Even with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/ever-since-the-day-of-the-mistake-with-my-match-i-ve-never-known/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/ally-condie-434_different-directions_ever-since-the-day-of-the-mistake-with-m_14299.jpg) > [“It's not all gone. She loved someone before and so did I. The Society and the Rising and the world are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/it-s-not-all-gone-she-loved-someone-before-and-so-did-i-the-society/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/ally-condie-434_fall-in-love_it-s-not-all-gone-she-loved-someone-befo_682174.jpg) ## Other authors on First time ## More by Ally Condie > [“But I also know we can’t plan on anyone else rescuing us. We have to do it ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/but-i-also-know-we-can-t-plan-on-anyone-else-rescuing-us-we-have-to/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“Ever since the day of the mistake with my Match. I've never known which life is my true one. Even with the reassurances of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/ever-since-the-day-of-the-mistake-with-my-match-i-ve-never-known/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“She knows how things fit together and move, but so few people understand her. She’s the most solitary person I’ve ever known.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-knows-how-things-fit-together-and-move-but-so-few-people/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“There are many of them in the world, I think, good men and women with their frail deeds. Wondering what might have been, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/there-are-many-of-them-in-the-world-i-think-good-men-and-women-with/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“You wouldn't think you can forget but sometimes you can—for a moment or two. I've never been able to decide if I think that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/you-wouldn-t-think-you-can-forget-but-sometimes-you-can-for-a-moment/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“It doesn't matter much anyway. I haven't slept well since he left. I can't dream. In some ways, that's the hardest part of having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/it-doesn-t-matter-much-anyway-i-haven-t-slept-well-since-he-left-i/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“She's right. We would compose poems about love and tell stories that have been heard in some form before. But it would be our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-s-right-we-would-compose-poems-about-love-and-tell-stories-that/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“How we never, ever fight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/how-we-never-ever-fight/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“Perhaps it is because now I live in his story. Now I am a part of his, and he of mine, and the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/perhaps-it-is-because-now-i-live-in-his-story-now-i-am-a-part-of-his/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“Of course, one person can be the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/of-course-one-person-can-be-the-world/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“I wonder if they'll be able to resist. It's not exactly easy to save things for the future when the present is so uncertain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-wonder-if-they-ll-be-able-to-resist-it-s-not-exactly-easy-to-save/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“I think of how many invisible injuries are possible. Ones scored on your heart, your brain, your bones. How do we all stand? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-think-of-how-many-invisible-injuries-are-possible-ones-scored-on/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“I see a glint in her eye as she looks at me and it makes me smile. Hold our breath? she seems to say.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/i-see-a-glint-in-her-eye-as-she-looks-at-me-and-it-makes-me-smile/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“What is the point of having something lovely if you never share it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/what-is-the-point-of-having-something-lovely-if-you-never-share-it/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) > [“She’s trying to figure out the Plague on her own and not taking what the Rising says for granted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/she-s-trying-to-figure-out-the-plague-on-her-own-and-not-taking-what/) [Ally Condie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-condie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/ally-condie/#itemlist", "name": "10 First time Quotes By Ally Condie", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was as though I saw for the first time that life could branch into different paths, take different directions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ally Condie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-time-that-life-could-branch-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/ally-condie-434_different_it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-tim_3054978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/ally-condie-434_different_it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-tim_3054978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/ally-condie-434_different_it-was-as-though-i-saw-for-the-first-tim_3054978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was as though I saw for the first time that life could branch into different paths, take different…” — Ally Condie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ally Condie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-condie/there-is-something-extraordinary-about-the-first-time-falling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/ally-condie-434_crush_there-is-something-extraordinary-about-t_242108.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/ally-condie-434_crush_there-is-something-extraordinary-about-t_242108.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/ally-condie-434_crush_there-is-something-extraordinary-about-t_242108.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.” — Ally Condie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When we fall in love the first time, we don’t know anything. 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