The first time you see something that you have never seen before, you almost always know right away if you should eat it or run away from it.
Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won’t be needing them again.
Just because no one has ever gotten better from Spasmodic Dysphonia before doesn’t mean I can’t be the first.
Of course I don’t look busy, I did it right the first time.
Did not one spend the first half of one’s days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?
From the moment I start a new novel, life’s just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel there’s still a chance to prove my worth, but that feeling soon disappears and every day I feel less and less satisfied.
I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.
We learned after the first semester in law school that it’s best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.
He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.
I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.
I was thinking about the first time I ever saw you and how after that I couldn’t forget you. I wanted to, but I couldn’t stop myself.
You’re not so bad. You’ll get there. You should have seen Alec do flips at first. I think he kicked himself in the head once.
From the first time I saw you, I’ve belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me. -Jace.
Consider it a race to see who kills you first, Daylighter-Valentine, the other Downworlders, or the Clave.
All I know is that I love you. And for the first time, that’s good enough.
What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.
Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.
That’s right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren’t weird?
Hazel screamed at the top of her lungs, but it was a scream of delight. For the first time in her life-in her two lives-she felt absolutely unstoppable.