“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 Book Copy Share Image
“We had both heard worse. People were often the worst versions of themselves in the months leading up to a wedding. Occasionally,… — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage Copy Share Image
“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 Books Copy Share Image
For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn't mind it.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Love you,” Maya says. “Yes, she keeps saying that,” A.J. says. “I warned her about giving love that hasn’t yet been earned,… — Gabrielle Zevin Giving love Copy Share Image
As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I did wear those shoes to my wedding, and I ended up twisting my ankle on the way out of the synagogue.… — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage Copy Share Image
You forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
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 Controversial Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Books Copy Share Image
“Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?" She said, "I refused to be shamed." "How… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“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 Actor Copy Share Image
Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down the road and someday, you do not now when, you will… — Gabrielle Zevin Driving Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past… — Gabrielle Zevin Antony Copy Share Image
“The other interns have left, and your eyes are beginning to spill over. The hell with it, you think. No one’s here.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They're the last… — Gabrielle Zevin Forgotten love Copy Share Image
“All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like the wedding is a Trojan horse. The dream I peddle to distract from the reality of a marriage.… — Gabrielle Zevin Dreams Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, you're not a baby because you have nightmares, Natty. Something terrible happened to you when you were little, and that's why… — Gabrielle Zevin Nightmares Copy Share Image
“Give Win back his hat," I told Natty. "It looks good on me," she said, batting her eyelashes. I took it off… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Lights, bright enough to dilate her eyes. Horns, flaccid and come too late. Metal crumpling like tissue. The body was not in… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Your extracurricular activities are definitely somewhat lackluster, Annie." "What? Being the daughter of a celebrated criminal doesn't count as an extracurricular activity?"… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
