Sometimes things seem so unbearable in the middle of the night, don't they? In the middle of the night, we're all such… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I do not know much about boys, but I think superior research skills would be a Very Good Thing to have in… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Is a twist less satisfying if you know it’s coming? Is a twist that you can’t predict symptomatic of bad construction? These… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I find literary fiction about the Holocaust or any other major world tragedy to be distasteful - nonfiction only, please.” — 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 Books Copy Share Image
What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to? — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature. He’d do this for free, not… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I missed her like a reflex, even though I knew that it was just some trick of my undependable brain. Some stupid,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“In truth, she hadn't put much thought into whether she was happy before. She supposes that since she never thought about it,… — Gabrielle Zevin Emotion Copy Share Image
“Twenty years ago, when she first started doing Survivor Day, it was easy, she says, but now, who’s left? Maybe you survive… — Gabrielle Zevin Survivor Copy Share Image
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time… — Gabrielle Zevin Blurb Copy Share Image
I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like that, but to me, I've always… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Theo nodded slowly. "You love Balanchine chocolate like I love cacao." "I wouldn't say love , Theo." "No, you speak the truth.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“me-also-thinks my latter-day reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives. Remember, Maya: the… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“Theo looked at me with his smoldering Jesus eyes, and the Catholic schoolgirl in me crossed her legs.” — Gabrielle Zevin Lust Copy Share Image
“You can either be a bystander who lives his life in reaction to the decisions that others make, or you can be… — Gabrielle Zevin Bystander Copy Share Image
“..banning anything leads to organized crime. People will always find a way to get what they want, and there will always be… — Gabrielle Zevin Banning Copy Share Image
“You try not to consider what it means that you are watching romantic comedies for occupational advice.” — Gabrielle Zevin Comedies Copy Share Image
“I like all weddings, but isn’t it particularly lovely when two grown-ups decide to get married?” — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage Copy Share Image
“Rosie crosses her arm. “That’s one of those things you say to sound smart, right?” she says. “But, really, you’re trying to… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still optional. I didn't even… — Gabrielle Zevin Blog Copy Share Image
“E. A. Poe defines a short story as readable in a single sitting. I imagine a “single sitting” was longer back in… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no… — Gabrielle Zevin Art Copy Share Image
My beautiful Win. I wanted to kiss him on every last broken place, but his mother and my lawyer were there. So,… — Gabrielle Zevin Beautiful Copy Share Image
“My life is in these books. Read these and know my heart. We are not quire novels. We are not quite short… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think? — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put on's house… — Gabrielle Zevin Challenges Copy Share Image
“A.J. thinks Ismay has aged like an actress should: from Juliet to Ophelia to Gertrude to Hecate. Ismay” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“It gets more exciting," Imogen assured her. "You must be patient, Galina." "If it takes too long, I'll be dead," Nana replied.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It’s the ideas that matter, man.” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He knows she isn't perfect. She knows he definitely isn't perfect. They know there's no such thing as perfect.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“she doesn’t want to become the kind of person who thinks that good news can only come from calls one was already… — Gabrielle Zevin Good news Copy Share Image
“No, I've been doing this myself forever. I could have gone in here myself, but my daddy doesn't want me to get… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
