First Glance Quotes

50 quotes by 48 authors

The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air,… — Elwyn Brooks White
This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant… — Victor Hugo
At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design.… — Brandon Sanderson
Or perhaps all those things you missed upon first glance mean much more than you could ever guess. — Sara Shepard
I found him perhaps the least terrifying man I've ever met in the theaterâ€”because at first glance I could see through him and he could… — Peter O'Toole
To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive. — Abraham Verghese
This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside,… — Sarah Dessen
There was movement along the fringe of Chauncey's vision, and he snapped his head to the left. At first glance what appeared to be a… — Becca Fitzpatrick
I want you to have this.â€ He extended his hand. On his palm sat the beautiful butterfly he had carved. Silver spots on the wings… — Maria V. Snyder
We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a… — Yukio Mishima
A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules… — Jacques Derrida
Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the… — Frederic Bastiat
Why wouldn't I dance?' Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch? — Gena Showalter
On a sea floor that looks like a sandy mud bottom, that at first glance might appear to be sand and mud, when you look… — Sylvia Earle
Breughel is an example of an artist - I mean, this is true about artists and painters in general, but he is a specific example… — Teju Cole
At first glance, Martha Stewart, queen of artfully distressed home furnishings, might not seem to have much in common with Michael R. Milken, one-time king… — Alex Berenson
I was actually very hesitant to write about Marie Antoinette. She seemed at first glance - well, I cannot think of any other term -… — Kathryn Lasky
A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern. — W G Sebald
Love is the feeling of the heart at the very first glance and the desire to make it a reality is passion. — Shiajohnson123i
Looking at my face in the mirror, it says I still have a chance. But when I walk out the door, they shatter with the… — Unkown

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