“She doesn't recognize the number—none of her friends use their phones as phones anymore.” — Gabrielle Zevin Phones Copy Share Image
“Before your mother, my heart was little more than a seed, Jane. A wiggly, gelatinous mother, rather like a solitary sperm.” — Gabrielle Zevin Mother Copy Share Image
A question I’ve thought about a great deal is why it is so much easier to write about the things we dislike/hate/acknowledge… — Gabrielle Zevin Acknowledge Copy Share Image
“the more I believe that this is what the point of it all is. To connect, my dear little nerd. Only connect.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I do believe that food lobbies exert enormous, at times insidious, power over what we eat, that our water supplies are not… — Gabrielle Zevin Believe Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets. — Gabrielle Zevin Keepers 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
On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self. — Gabrielle Zevin Best 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 Good thing 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
“She dates some - women and men. She has slipped into bisexuality without needing to make a big thing about it. She… — Gabrielle Zevin Bisexuality Copy Share Image
“Bookstores attract the right kind of folk. Good people like A.J. and Amelia. And I like talking about books with people who… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't. — Gabrielle Zevin Being truthful Copy Share Image
“Owen doesn't watch when they place Liz in the River, next to all the other babies who would be born that day.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The most annoying thing about it is that once a person gives a shit about one thing, he finds he has to… — 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
“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
“All I can say is . . . All I can say is we’ll figure it out, I swear. When I read… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“Stop saying that! You sound absurd, and I don't even think you mean it. Besides, I'd never marry you," I told him.… — Gabrielle Zevin Closed The Door Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you fact-check and research the congressman’s speeches. The year is 1999, and you seem to be the only one in the… — Gabrielle Zevin Communication Copy Share Image
I have so much paperwork. I'm afraid my paperwork has paperwork. — Gabrielle Zevin Fear 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
It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you… — Gabrielle Zevin Changed Copy Share Image
“A few days after Camelot, Roz calls me and asks if she might use my ticket for The Mystery of Edwin Drood.… — 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
