First Communion Quotes

One of my favorite titles of an art piece is "Première Communion de Jeunes Filles Chlorotiques Par Un Temps De Neige" or "First Communion of Chlorotic Young Girls in Snowy Weather" by Alphonse Allais. It's essentially a joke of a title, since the accompanying image is a simple white square.

It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion.

Can there be anything more sad than a girl dying on the day of her first communion, in her new dress. A little bride of death.

Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion coat.

I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all.