The scent is sweet and meloncholy. A bit like dying, a bit like falling in love. — Gabrielle Zevin Dying Copy Share Image
“He didn't break my heart. No one can break your heart except you.” — Gabrielle Zevin Break Copy Share Image
“Babies move more than books and aren’t as conveniently shaped.” — Gabrielle Zevin Babies Copy Share Image
“In my opinion, wounds are like water boiled--they heal best left unwatched.” — Gabrielle Zevin Wounds Copy Share Image
“Friendship,” Marx said, “is kind of like having a Tamagotchi.” — Gabrielle Zevin Friend Copy Share Image
Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul. — Gabrielle Zevin Annie Copy Share Image
“It had not been a lonely childhood, though many of her intimates had been somewhat less than real.” — Gabrielle Zevin Childhood Copy Share Image
If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz… — Gabrielle Zevin Forgive Copy Share Image
I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's… — Gabrielle Zevin Available Copy Share Image
“Life is messy,” Dr. Lau was fond of saying. “Deal with it. If you’re judging it, you’re not really seeing it.” — Gabrielle Zevin Life Copy Share Image
“He is thinking about his brain. It strikes him that it is odd to have to use the thing that may not… — Gabrielle Zevin Consider 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
Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up. — Gabrielle Zevin Girl Copy Share Image
When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours,… — Gabrielle Zevin Book 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
You forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic,… — Gabrielle Zevin Athletic 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 Brown sugar 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
“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 Asked 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
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 About Copy Share Image
“Maya knows that her mother left her in Island Books. But maybe that’s what happens to all children at a certain age.… — Gabrielle Zevin Children 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
Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN… — Gabrielle Zevin Apologizing 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
“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
“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
