“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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“How long will I be in here?” I asked. “Varies,” said the guard as he closed the door and locked me in.… — Gabrielle Zevin Good advice 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
“A good man is hard to find,” she says finally. “Do you mean the O’Connor story? The one on your desk. It’s… — Gabrielle Zevin Good man Copy Share Image
“You'd probably marry me just to annoy your father." He grinned. "Well, that would certainly be a bonus." "Why don't you like… — Gabrielle Zevin Parenting Copy Share Image
“So I will wait, because I would rather wait for you than waste my time with someone who isn't you. And I… — Gabrielle Zevin Baseball 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 Closeness Copy Share Image
“It is lucky, she thinks, that we don’t feel all the love inside us every moment. We couldn’t breathe or walk or… — Gabrielle Zevin Breathe Copy Share Image
“Maya has chosen to be ring bearer because the job has more responsibility than flower girl. "If you lose a flower, you… — Gabrielle Zevin Flower Copy Share Image
