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
And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I'd thought that meant something, but maybe it… — Gabrielle Zevin Cry Copy Share Image
Liz, I like you very much," he says. "Oh," she says, "I like you very much, too!" Owen is not sure if… — Gabrielle Zevin Apartment 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
Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I… — Gabrielle Zevin Care 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 Love 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
“It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us,” the passage goes, “but it is only because we are… — Gabrielle Zevin Fear Copy Share Image
“Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.” — Gabrielle Zevin Books 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
“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
“We had both heard worse. People were often the worst versions of themselves in the months leading up to a wedding. Occasionally,… — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage Copy Share Image
“They were an indistinct blur of pastel and white uniforms, like chalk doodles on a sidewalk in the rain.” — Gabrielle Zevin 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
In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you. — Gabrielle Zevin Certain Copy Share Image
Ask two people to tell you anything, you’ll get two versions. Even easy things like directions, let alone important or semi-controversial topics… — Gabrielle Zevin Controversial Copy Share Image
“YOU CAN KIND of see them if you get on your tippy toes and look over the fence,” A.J. says. “There, in… — Gabrielle Zevin Eye contact 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
“I know he's a good person. And he said he was sorry. And I love him. And when you love a person,… — Gabrielle Zevin Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“Tell me something from Spanish literature," Schiele said. "I'll give you a line from my favorite novel. 'Los seres humanos no nacen… — Gabrielle Zevin Birth 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 Vice versa Copy Share Image
