“I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.”
“I had made the vital realisation that my life was a series of events in which one merely had to keep on putting one foot in front of the other”
“Actually," Alan said, earnest and clear-eyed, "this is my first time playing poker.”
“I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.”
“All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.”
“I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.”