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
“he has bushy blond eyebrows and a voice that makes her think of damask. One afternoon a week or so after New… — Gabrielle Zevin Right now Copy Share Image
“To return to the city of one's birth always felt like retreat.” — Gabrielle Zevin Birth 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
“It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us,” the passage goes, “but it is only because we are… — Gabrielle Zevin Fear Copy Share Image
“She could remember the sensation of flying through the air, which seemed to last an eternity. She could remember feeling reckless, happy,… — 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
The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another… — Gabrielle Zevin Done 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
“The kind of people who spend their lives as permanent guests on a futon are not the kind of people you want… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we… — Gabrielle Zevin Adults Copy Share Image
“You know what they say. Cold hands. Warm heart," Yuji said. "Or is it the reverse?” — Gabrielle Zevin Warm heart 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
“Despite what I said before, it had not been a fear of infecting other people or poor health that had stopped me… — Gabrielle Zevin Fear Copy Share Image
Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book,… — Gabrielle Zevin Before Copy Share Image
I was just thinking... isn't it lucky that we decided to become co-editors? If one takes a blow to the head, the… — Gabrielle Zevin Blow Copy Share Image
“Embeth looked at the return address. It was from her most faithful friend, Shipment Fulfillment Center.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind,” — Gabrielle Zevin Aging Copy Share Image
“But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too… — Gabrielle Zevin Books 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
For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.' — Gabrielle Zevin Actually Copy Share Image
