Quotes from The First Last Kiss

“I’ve learned that it’s all about choice. You can choose to turn regrets into lessons that change your future.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Do kisses fade like Polaroid pictures if you don't pay attention to them?”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Compromise is what binds people together. Compromise is sharing and conciliatory, it is loving and kind and unselfish.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Make every kiss a celebration, throw a party for every one.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“We kiss to say hello, to stave off silences, to show how much we’ve missed someone, to show we’re glad to be with them. We kiss to stop arguments or to interrupt a conversation we no longer want to have. We also use kisses when we want to pretend that everything is all right. I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. But it turns out that some things just can’t be kissed better.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“I think it’s more about learning that in life it begins and ends with you. I mean, yes we all need love and seek support from others, but we need to find it from within first. We’re all stronger than we give ourselves credit for. We can cope with more than we think. Survive the worst and, somehow, still find a way to smile.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“We kiss and I feel like a millionaire.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Just focus on how good life is right now.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Is there such a thing as a life without any regrets? I’ve never believed so. We spend our lives aiming for happiness and fulfilment in work, in love and with our friends and family, and yet often our energy is spent lamenting bad boyfriends, wrong career turns, fallouts with friends and opportunities missed. Or is that just me? I admit I’m naturally a glass-half-empty kind of girl, but I know regrets are a burden to happiness and I’m trying to let go of them because I’ve learned that it’s all about choice. You can choose to turn regrets into lessons that change your future. Believe me when I say I’m really trying to do this. But the truth is, I’m failing. Because all I can think right now is: maybe I deserve it. Maybe this is my penance.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“The Kiss to End All Kisses
There's supposed to be 'a moment' that every girl dreams about her whole life. You know, the one;some guy on bended knee offering you his heart. Well, I was never that kind of girl.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Reasons I don't want a serious boyfriend:
1. They hold you back
2. Grind you down
3. Then mess with your head”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“You made it then',he murmurs. 'Did you really think I wouldn't?' I ask, my heart soaring up to the sky.
He raises an eyebrow. 'I'd be lying if I said no, but that's only because I've been here since our very first kiss.
'Second', I remind him, curving my lips into a wry smile and glancing around at the shore where we kissed for the second - and the best time.
'First,' he grins. 'I knew from the start. It just took you a bit longer to catch up.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“But things change, people change - as do perceptions of people, and now I answer in a language that I hope my teenage self will understand.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“I mean you're only 26 in couple of days, although, you are now officially closer to thirty than twenty!”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Desearía que cada uno de ustedes fuera y besara a la persona que aman justo ahora, y lo saborearan (y saborearan todos los que le sigan a ese), porque cuando sabes que esos besos pueden terminar, que cada uno que compartes te lleva más cerca de la despedida, te preguntarás por qué desperdiciaste tantos.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“¿Alguna vez has besado a alguien y luego sentiste que se aleja incluso mientras lo estás besando? ¿Alguna vez has imaginado el día cuando sus labios ya no son tuyos para besar? ¿Alguna vez has cerrado los ojos y tratado desesperadamente de aferrarte a ese beso, a ese momento en tu mente y en tu corazón para que puedas recordarlo por siempre?
Cada beso, no importa que intranscendente, un rápido beso de saludo, un beso de agradecimiento o un beso de “te veo pronto” es tratado como si pudiera ser el último. Es como una cicatriz permanente que tú sabes nunca podrá curarse.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Imagina si contaras los besos que has desperdiciado. Tú sabes, cuando has puesto tu mejilla en vez de tus labios, rodado en la cama después de una pelea, salido corriendo por la puerta sin tiempo para una despedida. Molestamente, cuando no están más juntos son esos los besos que siempre recuerdas. Tantos besos perdidos, ¿a dónde van? Yo los imagino como una colección de cruces en la arena; un cementerio de besos lleno de tesoros enterrados. Algunos robados, algunos perdidos o pasados por alto, algunos descuidadamente desperdiciados, todos esperando ser encontrados.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Le pedí un último beso, ya que yo todavía estaba enamorada de él y necesitaba saborearlo por última vez. Nos besamos y no quería que terminara. No había esa pasión abrumadora, sólo una triste aceptación de que las cosas habían terminado. Pero fue en ese momento en que sólo quería que dijera, “espera, todavía te quiero mucho y he cometido un terrible error.” Pensé, por favor, sólo llévame de vuelta a tus brazos y volvamos a ser lo que éramos…
Pero no lo hizo. Mi corazón dolió durante meses.”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

“Yo solía pensar que tomar fotografías me haría ver mejor las cosas, congelar el momento, recordarlo por siempre. Pero me di cuenta que la única forma de hacerlo es vivir el momento, no verlo detrás de un lente. En realidad no necesitamos fotografías o infinidad de videos o de recuerdos o anillos de compromiso para recordar esos momentos especiales, ya que siempre están aquí. Incluso si se desvanecen un poco por el tiempo, un día el sol brillará en el cielo en una mañana particular de un modo particular, o descubriremos un objeto perdido hace mucho tiempo, una caracola, quizás, o una tarjeta… y todo vendrá otra vez. Y las memorias serán buenas y seremos afortunados de tenerlas. Y luego nos sentiremos bendecidos de tener siquiera la oportunidad de hacer más…”
― Ali Harris, quote from The First Last Kiss

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