--- title: "15 Firsts Quotes By Vera Nazarian" description: "15 Firsts quotes by Vera Nazarian. Plus more from Vera Nazarian and more Firsts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/vera-nazarian-1671_doe_was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-do_115393.png" --- > [Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-does-not-matter-the-one-of-us/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/vera-nazarian-1671_doe_was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-do_115393.png) > [A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/a-boomerang-returns-back-to-the-person-who-throws-it-but-first-while/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/vera-nazarian-1671_boomerang_a-boomerang-returns-back-to-the-person-w_1314989.png) > [I sat down and wrote a short story in two weeks and submitted it to Marion Zimmer Bradley. And Marion bought "Wound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-sat-down-and-wrote-a-short-story-in-two-weeks-and-submitted-it-to/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/vera-nazarian-1671_down-and_i-sat-down-and-wrote-a-short-story-in-tw_3148760.png) > [The act of sharing with readers was at first too much of an intimate thing. But it evolved into an intense necessity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-act-of-sharing-with-readers-was-at-first-too-much-of-an-intimate/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/vera-nazarian-1671_books_the-act-of-sharing-with-readers-was-at-f_3200463.png) > [ However I will never forget what Marion \[Zimmer Bradley\] did for me by accepting that first story from a stupid enthusiastic kid. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/however-i-will-never-forget-what-marion-zimmer-bradley-did-for-me-by/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/vera-nazarian-1671_accepting_however-i-will-never-forget-what-marion_622740.png) > [Marion Zimmer Bradley took apart my first submission to her, covered the manuscript in red ink revisions, and told me to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/marion-zimmer-bradley-took-apart-my-first-submission-to-her-covered/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/vera-nazarian-1671_covered_marion-zimmer-bradley-took-apart-my-firs_1286224.jpg) > [I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-ve-always-been-creative-verbally-had-a-flair-my-teachers-said-wrote/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/vera-nazarian-1671_assignments_i-ve-always-been-creative-verbally-had-a_150679.jpg) > [You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/you-cannot-be-fair-to-others-without-first-being-fair-to-yourself/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/vera-nazarian-1671_compassion_you-cannot-be-fair-to-others-without-fir_478770.jpg) > [I was nurtured on Greek Mythology and the classical epics. I lived and breathed Homer. Other mythologies - the Russian, the Norse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-was-nurtured-on-greek-mythology-and-the-classical-epics-i-lived-and/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/vera-nazarian-1671_athena_i-was-nurtured-on-greek-mythology-and-th_2883079.png) > [Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry. Breathe on the glass, and you give frost more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/frost-grows-on-the-window-glass-forming-whorl-patterns-of-lovely/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/vera-nazarian-1671_blink_frost-grows-on-the-window-glass-forming_2008049.png) > [It is right here, all of it, here for the taking, right before our eyes - happiness, fulfillment, hope, peace, justice. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-is-right-here-all-of-it-here-for-the-taking-right-before-our-eyes/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/vera-nazarian-1671_bits_it-is-right-here-all-of-it-here-for-the_2415479.jpg) > [The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many sweet culinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-gingerbread-house-has-four-walls-a-roof-a-door-a-window-and-a/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/vera-nazarian-1671_add_the-gingerbread-house-has-four-walls-a-r_882399.png) > [Consolation has been wrongly reviled. Consolation is not apathy or inaction. It is not closing one's eyes to the evils of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/consolation-has-been-wrongly-reviled-consolation-is-not-apathy-or/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/vera-nazarian-1671_ability_consolation-has-been-wrongly-reviled-con_1847564.png) > [My advice for aspiring writers is threefold.First, read as much as possible, both within and outside the genre you arem working in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/my-advice-for-aspiring-writers-is-threefold-first-read-as-much-as/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/vera-nazarian-1671_advice_my-advice-for-aspiring-writers-is-threef_327359.png) > [SUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm glow of sunset still stains the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/sun-moon-and-starry-sky-early-summer-evenings-when-the-first-stars/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/vera-nazarian-1671_celestial_sun-moon-and-starry-sky-early-summer-eve_2483198.png) ## Other authors on Firsts ## More by Vera Nazarian > [Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/why-is-wisdom-so-fair-why-is-beauty-so-wise-because-all-else-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-cactus-thrives-in-the-desert-while-the-fern-thrives-in-the/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/colored-lights-blink-on-and-off-racing-across-the-green-boughs-their/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-does-not-take-a-great-supernatural-heroine-or-magical-hero-to-save/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/here-s-a-new-blessing-for-our-time-may-anderson-cooper-never-be-sent/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-wake-up-from-a-dream-you-have-only-a-few-precious-moments/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“It's a fact— everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-s-a-fact-everyone-is-ignorant-in-some-way-or-another-ignorance-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-does-not-matter-the-one-of-us/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Meditation is a mysterious method of self-restoration. It involves “shutting” out the outside world, and by that means sensing the universal “presence” which is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/meditation-is-a-mysterious-method-of-self-restoration-it-involves/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-great-miraculous-bell-of-translucent-ice-is-suspended-in-mid-air/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/unlike-a-fountain-that-circulates-the-same-water-in-an-enclosed/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems, embraced all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-ve-always-been-creative-verbally-had-a-flair-my-teachers-said-wrote/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/one-sin-seldom-mentioned-is-that-of-killing-time/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [The sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-sand-in-the-hourglass-runs-from-one-compartment-to-the-other/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-reach-for-the-stars-you-are-reaching-for-the-farthest-thing/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/vera-nazarian/#itemlist", "name": "15 Firsts Quotes By Vera Nazarian", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. 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