It was a nice day, and I don't mean that it was sunny either. It was humid and not too cool, like… — Gabrielle Zevin Annoyed Copy Share Image
“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
“Do you like Moby Dick ?" he asks. "I hate it," she says. "And I don't say that about many things. Teachers… — Gabrielle Zevin Moby-dick Copy Share Image
“An e-reader! I’ve wanted one for a really long time.” She shoots a quick look over to her father. He nods, though… — Gabrielle Zevin Long time Copy Share Image
“How angry he had been at Sadie! How much righteous passion he had devoted to holding this grudge! He had thought himself… — Gabrielle Zevin Childishness Copy Share Image
“I want this job.” “Many people do, my girl.” “How do I get it?” Maya asks. “Reading, as aforementioned.” Maya nods. “I… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to… — Gabrielle Zevin Backwards 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
“when she’d asked him about the book that had had the greatest influence on his life, and he’d replied Principles of Accounting,… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“He wants to laugh out loud or punch a wall. He feels drunk or at least carbonated. Insane. At first, he thinks… — Gabrielle Zevin Laugh out loud 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
No one actually needs another person or another person's love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we… — Gabrielle Zevin Love 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
“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
“...reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives.” — Gabrielle Zevin Right time Copy Share Image
“She walked over to him, still smiling—one dimple on her right cheek, an almost imperceptibly wider gap between the two middle teeth… — Gabrielle Zevin Admiration Copy Share Image
Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though. — Gabrielle Zevin Chocolate Copy Share Image
Betty inhales sharply, 'It's just I thought I had lost you forever.' Oh, Betty, don't you know there's no such thing as… — Gabrielle Zevin Forever Copy Share Image
“Isn't that about an orphan?" I asked. I hated those kinds of books. "You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned-the dates of the Hay-Herran Treaty and Pythagorean Theorem. You especially… — Gabrielle Zevin Best friend 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
They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel. — Gabrielle Zevin Born Copy Share Image
