“You’re a snob, you know that? Makes you miss out on a lot.” “I’ve” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Elmo, a character A.J. has always despised because he seems too needy. “Elmo!” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Well, I’m warning you. I could be a bad book with a good jacket.” — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“Anticipating the worst doesn’t provide insurance from the worst happening,” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I know what words do, he thinks. They let us feel less. “No,” — Gabrielle Zevin Language Copy Share Image
“She sleeps; she sleeps. And when she sleeps, she dreams. And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost… — Gabrielle Zevin Dreams Copy Share Image
There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt… — Gabrielle Zevin Alive Copy Share Image
“You have a thousand chances to make something right. That's a heck of a lot of chances, by the way. But they… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“What if there is only an equal ratio of happiness to unhappiness in the world at any given time?” — Gabrielle Zevin Happiness Copy Share Image
No one actually needs another person or another person's love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we… — Gabrielle Zevin Love Copy Share Image
“But it's the only way I know to move forward. You make a list and then you go and do the things… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I know he's a good person. And he said he was sorry. And I love him. And when you love a person,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“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 Book Copy Share Image
“Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking… — Gabrielle Zevin Beauties 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
“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
“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
“Not that this new husband is anything special—his name is Tony and he used to be in the auto glass business in… — Gabrielle Zevin Ballroom dancing Copy Share Image
“How angry he had been at Sadie! How much righteous passion he had devoted to holding this grudge! He had thought himself… — Gabrielle Zevin Childishness Copy Share Image
Liz, I like you very much," he says. "Oh," she says, "I like you very much, too!" Owen is not sure if… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I like all weddings, but isn’t it particularly lovely when two grown-ups decide to get married?” Lambiase’s mother would like to see… — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage Copy Share Image
“...love, he thinks. What a bother. It's completely gotten in the way of his plan to drink himself to death, to drive… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I don’t even know if we have a broom closet, Mrs. Levin,” said Tasha. “Tasha, honestly! In this world, to be overly… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Why are you here?" I asked him. "That's an awfully big question, Anya." "No, I meant here outside this office. What did… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
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 Almost there Copy Share Image
“Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road.” — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world. — Gabrielle Zevin Love Copy Share Image
“The real gift of the holiday season, A.J. thinks, is that it ends.” — Gabrielle Zevin Christmas Copy Share Image
It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts. — Gabrielle Zevin Deep thought Copy Share Image
