“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
“I had never been good with words. On the path from my heart to my brain to my mouth, phrases became twisted… — Gabrielle Zevin Language Copy Share Image
“I had thought the way I felt about Will was just a room, but it had turned out to be a mansion.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The heart is so peculiar. How light and how heavy it can feel at the same time. How light.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I worry for you. If you love everyone, you’ll end up having hurt feelings most of the time. I suppose, relative to… — Gabrielle Zevin Hurt feelings Copy Share Image
“I also think people didn’t truly understand the Internet back then, if indeed they can be said to understand it now.” — Gabrielle Zevin Internet 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
“When she told me it was her favorite, it suggested to me strange and wonderful things about her character that I had… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“My point is, it’s tempting,” she said. “It is certainly tempting to continue on with something because it has already begun.” — Gabrielle Zevin 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 Forgiveness 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 Gaps Copy Share Image
But in my defense, I knew enough about her to know I wanted to know everything else; I knew as much about… — Gabrielle Zevin Curiosity Copy Share Image
“What suit jacket would say “supportive,” “feminist,” “unbroken,” “optimistic”? What one effing suit jacket could possibly accomplish that?” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it… — Gabrielle Zevin Broken Copy Share Image
“Still . . . my mom may have been trying to get me not to worry. I am “neurotic.” “Neurotic” means “I… — Gabrielle Zevin 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 Long 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 Right time Copy Share Image
“I stopped 'not' looking at her breasts for a moment in order to look in her eyes. I saw amusement and understanding… — Gabrielle Zevin Learning 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 Organized crime Copy Share Image
“Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking… — Gabrielle Zevin Drinking coffee Copy Share Image
Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you can barely see, they are written… — Gabrielle Zevin Dull Copy Share Image
“When I read a book, I want you to be reading it at the same time. I want to know what would… — Gabrielle Zevin Books 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
