Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The First Part Last.
Family Quotes
We never talked.I guess I thought she needed to be here. And she must have thought her being there made everything all better for me.Yeah.I get it now. I really get it. (1.2-5)
Love Quotes
"You are going to pay when she starts walking and won't let you out of her sight. You'll pay."I wonder if somebody threatened her that one day I'd love her and want to be with her all the time. Som...
Men and Masculinity Quotes
He never seemed to ask anybody else if they were being men […] I didn't consider him much of one, a man, hangin' on the corner, drinking forties at ten in the morning. (3.1)
Choices Quotes
I'll never forget that look and how her voice shook when she said, "Bobby, I've got something to tell you." (2.7)
Duty Quotes
I say—like I'm talking to myself—"No doubt in my mind that I'm keeping her." (3.34)
Coming of Age Quotes
And then, not moving and still quiet, my pops just starts to cry. (4.5)
Sacrifice Quotes
And this is how I turned sixteen….Skipped school with my running buddies, K-Boy and J. L., and went to Mineo's for a couple slices. (2.1-2)
Change Quotes
Things have to change.I've been thinking about it. Everything. And when Feather opens her eyes and looks up at me, I already know there's change. (1.11-12)