Gabrielle Zevin

“Love you,” she repeats.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.

— Gabrielle Zevin

That Woman is in love with her own grief.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“No one will ever love me that much again.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

My brain said no. But my heart!

— Gabrielle Zevin

The words you can't find, you borrow.

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I say, “I just don’t like you,”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Showing up is what counts.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“He didn't break my heart. No one can break your heart except you.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

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

— Gabrielle Zevin

“In my opinion, wounds are like water boiled--they heal best left unwatched.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

The scent is sweet and meloncholy. A bit like dying, a bit like falling in love.

— Gabrielle Zevin

Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul.

— Gabrielle Zevin

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

— Gabrielle Zevin

“It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails; I was heads.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

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

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I thought I was grown-up. I thought I knew what I was doing. These were a few of the lies I told…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“My point is, it’s tempting,” she said. “It is certainly tempting to continue on with something because it has already begun.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure…

— Gabrielle Zevin

If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“It had not been a lonely childhood, though many of her intimates had been somewhat less than real.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Life is messy,” Dr. Lau was fond of saying. “Deal with it. If you’re judging it, you’re not really seeing it.”

— 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

Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down the road and someday, you do not now when, you will…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The second man I meet is Andrew, and he has dirty fingernails so I can't notice if he is nice or not.…

— 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

“Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?" She said, "I refused to be shamed." "How…

— 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

Ask two people to tell you anything, you’ll get two versions. Even easy things like directions, let alone important or semi-controversial topics…

— Gabrielle Zevin

You forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Maya knows that her mother left her in Island Books. But maybe that’s what happens to all children at a certain age.…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned-the dates of the Hay-Herran Treaty and Pythagorean Theorem. You especially…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The alternative to appropriation is a world in which artists only reference their own cultures." "That's an oversimplification of the issue." "The…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN…

— 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

“You know this girl. Her hair is neither long nor short nor light nor dark. She parts it precisely in the middle.…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I wish I could tell you to always follow your heart, but I think it is bad advice. You have a heart,…

— 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