“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 Move forward Copy Share Image
“His eyes were blazing and I swear I could smell the testosterone coming off him.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He looked like a charcoal drawing of a man. In death, he was blacks and whites.” — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Friendship,” Marx said, “is kind of like having a Tamagotchi.” — Gabrielle Zevin Friend Copy Share Image
“A.J. runs their credit cards and concludes that a theft is an acceptable social loss while a death is an isolating one.” — Gabrielle Zevin Credit card Copy Share Image
“The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails; I was heads.” — Gabrielle Zevin Began Copy Share Image
“Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you’re the only person in the room. —” — Gabrielle Zevin Love 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 Forgive 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 About 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
“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 Chances Copy Share Image
Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was… — Gabrielle Zevin Electric 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
“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
As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is… — Gabrielle Zevin Feels Copy Share Image
I wish I could tell you to always follow your heart, but I think it is bad advice. You have a heart,… — Gabrielle Zevin Advice Copy Share Image
“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 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
“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 Amor 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 Believe 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
“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
“Give Win back his hat," I told Natty. "It looks good on me," she said, batting her eyelashes. I took it off… — Gabrielle Zevin Hat Told Copy Share Image
“You know this girl. Her hair is neither long nor short nor light nor dark. She parts it precisely in the middle.… — Gabrielle Zevin Best friend Copy Share Image
“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 Alternative Copy Share Image
“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 Best friend Copy Share Image
“There will be other lives. There will be other lives for nervous boys with sweaty palms, for bittersweet fumblings in the backseats… — Gabrielle Zevin Human life Copy Share Image
“CHIEF LAMBIASE IS a frequent visitor to the store, and to justify these visits, he buys books. Because Lambiase doesn’t believe in… — Gabrielle Zevin Books 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
“YOU CAN KIND of see them if you get on your tippy toes and look over the fence,” A.J. says. “There, in… — Gabrielle Zevin Eye contact Copy Share Image
“You spend your whole life trying to get out of holes. The hole you’re born into because of who your parents are.… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
