I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Why'd you give him all that stuff after he tried to rob me?" "Because he was less fortunate than us, Natty. And… — Gabrielle Zevin 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
Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you can barely see, they are written… — Gabrielle Zevin 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
“Does it count for anything that I just told you I love you?" Gable asked. I considered this briefly before deciding that… — Gabrielle Zevin 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 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
I do believe that food lobbies exert enormous, at times insidious, power over what we eat, that our water supplies are not… — Gabrielle Zevin 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 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
“Owen begins to cry in an undignified manner, although he isn't entirely sure why he is crying. Curtis takes Owen's hand, leading… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Stop saying that! You sound absurd, and I don't even think you mean it. Besides, I'd never marry you," I told him.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
But in my defense, I knew enough about her to know I wanted to know everything else; I knew as much about… — Gabrielle Zevin Curiosity Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He pats you on the shoulder. “We’re lucky,” he said. “We got to have this time, and we didn’t ruin anyone’s life… — Gabrielle Zevin Affair Copy Share Image
“I was overweight when I was her age, and my mother discussed it exhaustively. And yes, as a result, I would say… — Gabrielle Zevin Mother 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
“We had been there about four days when she said, “It feels like last year was a dream,” she said. “It feels… — Gabrielle Zevin Dreams Copy Share Image
I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy… — Gabrielle Zevin Author Copy Share Image
“Infinite Jest is a masterpiece,” Harvey had said. “Infinite Jest is an endurance contest. You manage to get through it and you… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, readers, when they're young, are given, say, a book like 'Moby Dick' to read. And it is an interesting, complicated book,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
A life isn't measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I've been luckier than most.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We… — Gabrielle Zevin Beautiful 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 Grandmother Copy Share Image
