“Your extracurricular activities are definitely somewhat lackluster, Annie." "What? Being the daughter of a celebrated criminal doesn't count as an extracurricular activity?"… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like that, but to me, I've always… — Gabrielle Zevin Always Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow," she said, "we try again. We fail again. We do better.” — Gabrielle Zevin Failure Copy Share Image
“You love being Ruby’s mother, but loving Ruby does not stop you from wanting things for yourself.” — Gabrielle Zevin Parenting Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, this good old world does not much care what you believe.” — Gabrielle Zevin Old world Copy Share Image
“The problem with meeting new people is not that you might not like them, but that you will like them too much.” — Gabrielle Zevin Meeting new people Copy Share Image
As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is… — Gabrielle Zevin Feels 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 Regret 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. Do… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Anticipating the worst doesn’t provide insurance from the worst happening,” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“And then, because the world is relentless this way, it was spring.” — Gabrielle Zevin Spring Copy Share Image
“He is thinking about his brain. It strikes him that it is odd to have to use the thing that may not… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
My beautiful Win. I wanted to kiss him on every last broken place, but his mother and my lawyer were there. So,… — Gabrielle Zevin Beautiful Copy Share Image
“You spend your whole life trying to get out of holes. The hole you’re born into because of who your parents are.… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
“What if I had told the boy I loved to leave and it ended up being for nothing?” — Gabrielle Zevin Love 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 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
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
“loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It’s the ideas that matter, man.” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“It's like when you take a trip with someone you don't know very well. Sometimes, you can get very close very quickly,… — Gabrielle Zevin Frienship Copy Share Image
“All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“An echo makes good company, Old Margaret said. Whenever I'm lonely, I always try to find one to talk to. They're much… — Gabrielle Zevin Business Copy Share Image
“How long does a dream have to last before it’s just life?” — Gabrielle Zevin Dreams Copy Share Image
