“You seem to be the one for firsts,” his breath caught, “and lasts and always.”
“If you put everyone else first you'll always be last, but if you always put yourself first you will never last.”
“With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don't cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don't poison everything...”
“Life's most profound moments were, paradoxically, its most common ones: first breaths, and last.”
“He had a last name for a first name, and a last name for a last name, but only because it came after his first name (the one that sounds like a last name). Otherwise, his last name would sound like a first name.”
“I loved you before you took your first breath and will continue until I take my last.”