“He had an appreciation for things other people had forgotten.” — Gabrielle Zevin Appreciation Copy Share Image
“Remember that a fine education can be found in places other than the usual.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“For the record, everything new is not worse than everything old.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Because the things we don't have are sadder than the things we have. Because the things we don't have exist in our… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Why are you so quiet?” he asks. Because, you want to say, I am a person with an interior world that you… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“You will be standing in that square forever. You will wear that “A” until you’re dead. You consider your options. You have… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“I mean, I’m not not a feminist. I mean, I believe I’m a human before I’m a woman.” You say this because… — Gabrielle Zevin Feminism Copy Share Image
I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“My grandmother was married for fifty-two years, until my grandfather died. She used to say that a bad marriage was one that… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad marriage Copy Share Image
“I also think people didn’t truly understand the Internet back then, if indeed they can be said to understand it now.” — Gabrielle Zevin Internet 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
“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
People, you'll find, aren't usually all good or bad. Sometimes they're just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Proto-postmodernist story of a habitual gambler and his bested frog. The plot isn’t much, but it’s worth reading because of the fun… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“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 Book Copy Share Image
“But in the end, it had been a long day, and it was easier to stare at her phone for the next… — Gabrielle Zevin Long day Copy Share Image
Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I… — Gabrielle Zevin Care Copy Share Image
“He feels drunk or at least carbonated. Insane. At first, he thinks this is happiness, but then he determines it’s love. Fucking… — Gabrielle Zevin Drunk Copy Share Image
Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de facto first time. I… — Gabrielle Zevin Ancient Copy Share Image
“If your last words are somehow meant to encapsulate your entire existence, Liz finds um strangely appropriate. Um means nothing. Um is… — Gabrielle Zevin Early death Copy Share Image
“What do you read?” Ismay asks. “Little bit of everything. I started with crime novels. Pretty predictable that, I guess. But then… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“Every time I run into you for the rest of our lives, I'll ask you to make a game with me. There's… — Gabrielle Zevin Definition of insanity Copy Share Image
“How you holding up, old man?” Daniel calls A.J. “old man” despite the fact that Daniel is five years older than A.J.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“She hasn't cried once. SHe doesn't understand that Margaret is dead. At that age, they can't fully understand the concept of death.… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine? — Gabrielle Zevin Canine Copy Share Image
Wounds are like water set to boil – they heal best left unwatched... — Gabrielle Zevin Get well Copy Share Image
“There's something kind of heroic about being a bookseller.” — Gabrielle Zevin Heroic Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, this good old world does not much care what you believe.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
