First One Quotes

346 quotes by 297 authors

she committed suicide by putting her extremities down the garbage disposal-first one arm and then, kind of miraculously if you think about it, the other… — David Foster Wallace
Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But… — Suzanne Collins
Itâ€™s a depressing habit you have of loving to sneeze and of eating apples as if they were juicier for you and being the first… — Leonard Cohen
War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end,… — Karl Kraus
The United States of America was a pirate nation for the first one hundred years of its existence, ripping off the patents and trademarks of… — Cory Doctorow
What's that?" "It looks like something from Linus... It is! He sent me a little birch-bark canoe from camp! He said he made it himself...… — Charles M. Schulz
You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits. — Charles Yu
if you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for… — Johnny Depp
She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the… — Toni Morrison
Cole kissed me.. It was the sort of kiss that would take a long time to recover from. You could take each of our kisses,… — Maggie Stiefvater
Life's full of opportunities to make crappy decisions that feel good. And after the first one, the rest get a whole lot easier. — Holly Black
Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second. — Melina Marchetta
Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. — J D Salinger
Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered. Another was, "Always… — John Knowles
Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches! If your love were-"… — William Goldman
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the… — Elif Safak
That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person. — Sarah Dessen
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than… — Arthur Schopenhauer
...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another… — Douglas Adams
When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. â€˜Mythomaniaâ€™ is the… — Haruki Murakami

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