Book One in 'Hapless Visitors', P/V
The Master and Margarita (1967)
“The first quest or the first love is also the last. The second isn’t.”
#427
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "The first quest or the first love is also the last. The second isn’t." by James Richardson?
James Richardson 89
American poet 1950Related quotes
Source: Singularity Sky (2003), Chapter 4, “The Admiral’s Man” (p. 72; ellipsis represents a minor elision of description)
Thich Nhat Hanh
(1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Cultivating the Mind of Love (2005) Full Circle Publishing ISBN 81-216-0676-4
“The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.”
Natalie Clifford Barney
(1876–1972) writer and salonist
In "Samples from Almost Illegible Notebooks", ADAM International Review, No. 299 (1962)
“The first true love is always the last one.”
Andrzej Majewski
(1966) Polish writer and photographer
Aphorisms. Magnum in Parvo (2000)
“One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love”
Elizabeth Aston
(1948–2016) English writer
Source: The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy
“There's only one degree of freshness — the first, which makes it also the last”
Mikhail Bulgakov
(1891–1940) Russian author primarily known for his novel "Master and Margarita"
Johnny Depp
(1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
Variant: 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 the second.
“The first and last thing demanded of genius is love of truth.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Maxim 382, trans. Stopp
Variant translation: First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
Maxims and Reflections (1833)