Time & Perspective Quote by Brody Armstrong

First meetings are where we pretend we arent judging while doing nothing else. Brody Armstrongs line punctures that polite fiction with a clean metaphor: you dont get a person in a glance, you get an opening paragraph and your brain rushes to write the rest of the plot.

The intent is quietly corrective. It pushes back against the speed of modern social sorting, the swipe mentality, the elevator pitch version of identity. By calling the first encounter "the first page", Armstrong keeps the thrill of discovery but denies it authority. A first page matters; it sets tone, voice, stakes. It just isnt evidence enough to call the ending.

The subtext is about misreads. People curate themselves in introductions: the armor of charm, the practiced anecdotes, the look they can afford that day. You, meanwhile, arrive with your own genre expectations. If someone seems aloof, you file them under "cold". If theyre loud, they become "attention". Armstrong suggests those are not truths; theyre early drafts.

As a musician, he is also talking from a world built on first impressions: showcases, auditions, press hits, streaming snippets. Careers rise or flatten on 15 seconds of vibe. The line argues for patience in a culture that rewards immediacy, and it does so without moralizing. The book metaphor is disarming because it invites curiosity rather than guilt. Keep reading, it implies. The best parts are rarely on page one.