Books Quotes by Gabrielle Zevin

“If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“No Man Is an Island; Every Book Is a World”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“No Man Is an Island; Every Book Is a World Inside,”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Sometimes books don’t find us until the right time.” “Not”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Babies move more than books and aren’t as conveniently shaped.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Well, I’m warning you. I could be a bad book with a good jacket.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.

— Gabrielle Zevin

I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too…

— Gabrielle Zevin

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read…

— Gabrielle Zevin

For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'

— Gabrielle Zevin

Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I am repulsed by ghostwritten novels by reality television stars, celebrity picture books, sports memoirs, movie tie-in editions, novelty items, and—I imagine…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Bookstores attract the right kind of folk. Good people like A.J. and Amelia. And I like talking about books with people who…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A.J. decides, because they are. We have to look…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Still, Amelia had not allowed herself to be certain until dessert, when she’d asked him about the book that had had the…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“A.J. nods out of politeness, but he doesn’t believe in random acts. He is a reader, and what he believes in is…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Teachers assign it, and parents are happy because their kids are reading something of 'quality.' But it's forcing kids to read books…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Tell me something from Spanish literature," Schiele said. "I'll give you a line from my favorite novel. 'Los seres humanos no nacen…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“What do you read?” Ismay asks. “Little bit of everything. I started with crime novels. Pretty predictable that, I guess. But then…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“CHIEF LAMBIASE IS a frequent visitor to the store, and to justify these visits, he buys books. Because Lambiase doesn’t believe in…

— Gabrielle Zevin

The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Her mother likes to say that novels have ruined Amelia for real men. This observation insults Amelia because it implies that she…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“W-MT: There was a book I read about in the New York Times Book Review. It had a red cover, maybe? A.J.:…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I do not like postmodernism, postapocalyptic settings, postmortem narrators, or magic realism. I rarely respond to supposedly clever formal devices, multiple fonts,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The first way Maya approaches a book is to smell it.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We”

— Gabrielle Zevin

My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Most of our customers have rather liked The Book Thief.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Who are these people who think a book comes with a guarantee that they will like it?”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“When I read a book, I want you to be reading it at the same time. I”

— Gabrielle Zevin