His First Quotes

259 His First quotes by 224 unique authors

[Raymond Roussel] said that after his first book he expected that the next morning there would be a kind of aura around his person and… — Michel Foucault
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He… — Paul Simon
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first… — Oscar Wilde
The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that her shoes did… — Milan Kundera
When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large,… — Charlotte Bronte
It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings, to account for… — Douglas Adams
[Thinking about his first day if he were the Fuhrer] "On that day, all female officers will be required to wear... tiny miniskirts!" [Strikes pose]… — Hiromu Arakawa
Molly wants to know her father's name," Arch said to them. "Why don't you give her a hint?" His first name with 'splatter,'" said Ripkins.… — Frank Beddor
Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do… — Wallace Stegner
Buttercup's mother hesitated, then put her stew spoon down. (This was after stew, but so is everything. When the first man first clambered from the… — William Goldman
Miss Tarabotti was not one of life's milk-water misses--in fact, quite the opposite. Many a gentleman had likened his first meeting with her to downing… — Gail Carriger
Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by… — C.S. Friedman
Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding… — George Orwell
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed. For… — Frank Herbert
A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf… — Robert Jordan
How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to… — Max Lucado
He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval,… — Emily Bronte
It must be added that from his first words the foreigner made a repellent impression on the poet, but Berlioz rather liked him - that… — Mikhail Bulgakov
And he knew at that moment that love world never die, that it would never fade away altogether. The time might come when he would… — Mary Balogh
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little… — Jane Austen
Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I tagged a first-timer one night at fight club. That Saturday night, a young guy with an angel’s face came to his first fight club,… — Chuck Palahniuk
But the fascinating and unbelievable-but-true thing about Dr. Jefferson Jeffersonis that he was not a doctor of any kind. He was just an orange juice… — John Green
[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having… — P.G. Wodehouse
What should we call him?" Klaus asked. "You should call him Dr. Montgomery," Mr. Poe replied, "unless he tells you to call him Montgomery. Both… — Daniel Handler

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