“There's something kind of heroic about being a bookseller.” — Gabrielle Zevin Heroic 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 didn't break my heart. No one can break your heart except you.” — Gabrielle Zevin Break Copy Share Image
“Living, it seemed to her, was the acquiring of bad habits. Dying, the process of rescinding them.” — Gabrielle Zevin Bad habit Copy Share Image
You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book? — Gabrielle Zevin Answers Copy Share Image
“Anticipating the worst doesn’t provide insurance from the worst happening,” — Gabrielle Zevin Worst Copy Share Image
“Well, I’m warning you. I could be a bad book with a good jacket.” — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“He knows she isn't perfect. She knows he definitely isn't perfect. They know there's no such thing as perfect.” — Gabrielle Zevin Knows Copy Share Image
In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you. — Gabrielle Zevin Certain Copy Share Image
“My grandmother was married for fifty-two years, until my grandfather died. She used to say that a bad marriage was one that… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad marriage Copy Share Image
“Why are you so quiet?” he asks. Because, you want to say, I am a person with an interior world that you… — Gabrielle Zevin Asks Copy Share Image
“Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“I mean, I’m not not a feminist. I mean, I believe I’m a human before I’m a woman.” You say this because… — Gabrielle Zevin Feminism Copy Share Image
“You will be standing in that square forever. You will wear that “A” until you’re dead. You consider your options. You have… — Gabrielle Zevin Death 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 Twain Copy Share Image
“You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They're the last… — Gabrielle Zevin 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 Imaginations 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
“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
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
“If your last words are somehow meant to encapsulate your entire existence, Liz finds um strangely appropriate. Um means nothing. Um is… — Gabrielle Zevin Early death 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
“In the end, we are collected works. He has read enough to know there are no collections where each story is perfect.… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I… — Gabrielle Zevin Care Copy Share Image
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind,” — Gabrielle Zevin Aging Copy Share Image
It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful. — Gabrielle Zevin Beautiful Copy Share Image
