“An “online presence” is “all the true things and all the lies about a person on the Internet.” — Gabrielle Zevin Internet Copy Share Image
I shouldn't have done that," I said. That was when I kissed him again. May God forgive me for this and all… — Gabrielle Zevin Done Copy Share Image
“My dad always says to listen for the pauses when you want to know if someone’s hiding something.” — Gabrielle Zevin Communication Copy Share Image
“Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard… — Gabrielle Zevin Daddy 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
“And what is love, in the end?" Alabaster said. "Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease… — Gabrielle Zevin Desire Copy Share Image
“and I’ll tell you, pretty much every bad thing in life is a result of bad timing, and every good thing is… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad thing Copy Share Image
Well, for one, you have to remember not to scream. Once you have their attention, whispering is much more effective. Screaming ghosts… — Gabrielle Zevin Attention Copy Share Image
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we… — Gabrielle Zevin Adults Copy Share Image
“Despite the fact that he loves books and owns a bookstore, A.J. does not particularly care for writers. He finds them to… — Gabrielle Zevin Authors Copy Share Image
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
“On the board, Mr. Beery had written "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it." I wasn't sure if this… — Gabrielle Zevin History Copy Share Image
The baby, a girl, is born at 6:24 a.m. She weighs six pounds, ten ounces. The mother takes the baby in her… — Gabrielle Zevin Arms Copy Share Image
But I believe good things happen everyday. I believe good things happen even when bad things happen. And I believe on a… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Every generation spins the wheel,Anya, and where it lands defines 'the good'. Funny thing is they never know that they're spining it,… — Gabrielle Zevin Generation Spins Copy Share Image
“The rub of the Choose Your Own Adventure stories is that if you don’t make a few bad choices, the story will… — Gabrielle Zevin Adventure Copy Share Image
The things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa.… — Gabrielle Zevin Book 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
“They were an indistinct blur of pastel and white uniforms, like chalk doodles on a sidewalk in the rain.” — Gabrielle Zevin Uniforms Copy Share Image
“I don't like to feel so crazy about someone," he said. "I don't like to feel like my happiness is so tied… — Gabrielle Zevin Feel Copy Share Image
“The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself. No, the real difficulty… — Gabrielle Zevin Alone Copy Share Image
“Embeth looked at the return address. It was from her most faithful friend, Shipment Fulfillment Center.” — Gabrielle Zevin Fulfillment 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
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
The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken. — Gabrielle Zevin Broken Copy Share Image
But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad habit Copy Share Image
“You love being Ruby’s mother, but loving Ruby does not stop you from wanting things for yourself.” — Gabrielle Zevin Mother Copy Share Image
“It is a lie that you should only speak from your heart- you ought to let your brain play a part too.” — Gabrielle Zevin Speak Copy Share Image
Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me...I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the… — Gabrielle Zevin Crossing the street Copy Share Image
“I thought of summer as the living time; the rest of the year was the backward time, the writing time.” — Gabrielle Zevin Life Copy Share Image
Oh, all stories are the same, aren't they? Men and women fall in love or out of love. People are born; people… — Gabrielle Zevin Als Copy Share Image
“Why are the cute ones always such sociopaths?" "Win doesn't seem like so much of a sociopath," I replied without thinking. "Oh,… — Gabrielle Zevin First step Copy Share Image
“Though I hadn't had a stroke like Uncle Yuri, it was still difficult for me to express what was in my heart.… — Gabrielle Zevin Freedom Copy Share Image
I was just thinking... isn't it lucky that we decided to become co-editors? If one takes a blow to the head, the… — Gabrielle Zevin Blow Copy Share Image
“She could remember the sensation of flying through the air, which seemed to last an eternity. She could remember feeling reckless, happy,… — Gabrielle Zevin Heart Copy Share Image
“If you’re honest with yourself, one of the reasons you moved into an off-campus apartment and didn’t get any roommates is because… — Gabrielle Zevin Honest with yourself Copy Share Image
It's a weakness to apologize before hearing what the other person's grievances are. You don't want to end up creating new grievances… — Gabrielle Zevin Apologize Copy Share Image
“In my humble opinion, love is when a person believes that he, she or it can't live without some other he, she… — Gabrielle Zevin Believes Copy Share Image
What are you reading?" Owen asks. "Charlotte's Web," Liz says. "It's really sad. One of the main characters just died." "You ought… — Gabrielle Zevin Book 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
