Firsts Quotes

20399 Firsts quotes by 9251 unique authors

Sheâ€™s the kind of person who either dies tragically at twenty-seven, like Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, or else grows up to win, like, the… — John Green
Do you know what a pearl is and what an opal is? My soul when you came sauntering to me first through those sweet summer… — James Joyce
I swam across the rocks and compared myself favorably with the sars. To swim fishlike, horizontally, was the logical method in a medium eight hundred… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place, and a birthday cake with seven candles on it… — Neil Gaiman
Normally my sister, Sadie, or some of our other initiates from Brooklyn House would've come with me. But they were all at the First Nome,… — Rick Riordan
The next microsecond, as the water erupted around me, I realized too late that I should've brought the entire Twenty-first Nome to help me. — Rick Riordan
Blimey,â€ said the other twin. â€œAre you â€” ?â€ â€œHe is,â€ said the first twin. â€œArenâ€™t you?â€ he added to Harry. â€œWhat?â€ said Harry. â€œHarry… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second… — Bertrand Russell
He pulled the Carstairs family ring from his finger and held it out to Will. "Take it." Will let his eyes drift down toward it,… — Cassandra Clare
I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirrorâ€¨ on a day youâ€™re feeling good. â€¨I wanna know what you see when… — Andrea Gibson
Love is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a different way. And… — Sarah Dessen
What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too. — Libba Bray
The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others â€“ not yourself â€“ first in how you handle and process them.… — John C. Maxwell
In order to have peace, we must first have trust. — Veronica Roth
First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail — Ally Carter
No matter how good you are at sneaking, you can't ever sneak well enough so that mosquitoes won't find you, and no matter how worried… — Patricia C. Wrede
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
I donâ€™t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is… — Veronica Roth
My feet are always cold. I'm a vampire," he said in a teasing voice, almost as if he was trying to chase away Holiday's somberness.… — C.C. Hunter
The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can… — Jhumpa Lahiri

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