“I’m meant to love you, no matter how you act, no matter what you do? I couldn’t respect myself if I felt… — Gabrielle Zevin Respect Myself Copy Share Image
“The fish does not die with regrets because the fish cannot love. I die with regrets, and yet I am glad I… — Gabrielle Zevin Fish 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
Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together. — Gabrielle Zevin Backseat Copy Share Image
Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book. — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“Good morning, magazines! Good morning, bookmarks! Good morning, books! Good morning, store!” — Gabrielle Zevin Bookmarks Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to die,” A.J. says after a bit. “I just find it difficult to be here all the time.” — Gabrielle Zevin Difficult Copy Share Image
...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. — Gabrielle Zevin Girl 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 Books 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
“I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure… — Gabrielle Zevin Architecture Copy Share Image
“...the things we don't have are sadder than the things we have. Because the things we don't have exist in our imaginations,… — Gabrielle Zevin Desire Copy Share Image
“Teachers assign it, and parents are happy because their kids are reading something of 'quality.' But it's forcing kids to read books… — Gabrielle Zevin Amelia Copy Share Image
“Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and… — Gabrielle Zevin Maya Copy Share Image
Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know. — Gabrielle Zevin Done Copy Share Image
“He pats you on the shoulder. “We’re lucky,” he said. “We got to have this time, and we didn’t ruin anyone’s life… — Gabrielle Zevin Affair Copy Share Image
“Owen begins to cry in an undignified manner, although he isn't entirely sure why he is crying. Curtis takes Owen's hand, leading… — Gabrielle Zevin Crying Copy Share Image
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read… — Gabrielle Zevin Almost there Copy Share Image
“Infinite Jest is a masterpiece,” Harvey had said. “Infinite Jest is an endurance contest. You manage to get through it and you… — Gabrielle Zevin Infinite Copy Share Image
A life isn't measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I've been luckier than most.… — Gabrielle Zevin Done 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
“...love, he thinks. What a bother. It's completely gotten in the way of his plan to drink himself to death, to drive… — Gabrielle Zevin Annoying Copy Share Image
I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy… — Gabrielle Zevin Author Copy Share Image
It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless. — Gabrielle Zevin Littles Copy Share Image
Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead. — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Maybe you survive cancer, maybe you survive the Holocaust, but life’ll get you every time.” — Gabrielle Zevin Cancer Copy Share Image
I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to… — Gabrielle Zevin Boys Copy Share Image
“All women are many women! I'm afraid you've never known very much about women.” — Gabrielle Zevin Afraid Copy Share Image
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men. — Gabrielle Zevin Capable Copy Share Image
“I do not like anything over four hundred pages or under one hundred fifty pages.” — Gabrielle Zevin Like Copy Share Image
Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think? — Gabrielle Zevin Forever Copy Share Image
“What if I had told the boy I loved to leave and it ended up being for nothing?” — Gabrielle Zevin Leave Copy Share Image
“And then, because the world is relentless this way, it was spring.” — Gabrielle Zevin Flower Copy Share Image
“You try not to consider what it means that you are watching romantic comedies for occupational advice.” — Gabrielle Zevin Love Copy Share Image
What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to? — Gabrielle Zevin Asked Copy Share Image
“Theo looked at me with his smoldering Jesus eyes, and the Catholic schoolgirl in me crossed her legs.” — Gabrielle Zevin Lust Copy Share Image
“I like all weddings, but isn’t it particularly lovely when two grown-ups decide to get married?” — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage 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 Guests Copy Share Image
“A.J. feels for the engagement ring in his pocket. Is this the moment? No, too Jumbotron.” — Gabrielle Zevin Engagement Copy Share Image
