“Sometimes, this good old world does not much care what you believe.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine? — Gabrielle Zevin Canine Copy Share Image
“The real gift of the holiday season, A.J. thinks, is that it ends.” — Gabrielle Zevin Christmas Copy Share Image
He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world. — Gabrielle Zevin Love Copy Share Image
“They didn’t put a scarlet letter on her chest, but they didn’t need to. That’s what the Internet is for.” — Gabrielle Zevin Internet 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
“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
You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book? — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
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 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 Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'll even become a nun and swear off boys forever." Scarlet turned to study me. "No. Your face wouldn't be good… — Gabrielle Zevin Habits Copy Share Image
“...the things we don't have are sadder than the things we have. Because the things we don't have exist in our imaginations,… — Gabrielle Zevin Desire Copy Share Image
Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I knew near everything about him, and he knew near everything about me, and all that made our quiet a kind of… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I want this job.” “Many people do, my girl.” “How do I get it?” Maya asks. “Reading, as aforementioned.” Maya nods. “I… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I stopped 'not' looking at her breasts for a moment in order to look in her eyes. I saw amusement and understanding… — Gabrielle Zevin Learning Copy Share Image
“But I loved those books or at least that first one. And I felt somewhere down deep inside him the person who… — Gabrielle Zevin Authors Copy Share Image
“The top one in the pile is a young-adult fantasy novel in which the main character is dead. Ugh, A.J. thinks. Two… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than… — Gabrielle Zevin Book 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 Copy Share Image
“If your last words are somehow meant to encapsulate your entire existence, Liz finds um strangely appropriate. Um means nothing. Um is… — Gabrielle Zevin Early death Copy Share Image
Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de facto first time. I… — Gabrielle Zevin Ancient Copy Share Image
“Every time I run into you for the rest of our lives, I'll ask you to make a game with me. There's… — Gabrielle Zevin Definition of insanity Copy Share Image
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It… — Gabrielle Zevin Book 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
“He feels drunk or at least carbonated. Insane. At first, he thinks this is happiness, but then he determines it’s love. Fucking… — Gabrielle Zevin Drunk Copy Share Image
“You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned-the dates of the Hay-Herran Treaty and Pythagorean Theorem. You especially… — Gabrielle Zevin Best friend Copy Share Image
“The alternative to appropriation is a world in which artists only reference their own cultures." "That's an oversimplification of the issue." "The… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image