It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts. — Gabrielle Zevin Deep thought Copy Share Image
“I felt guilty, but lighter. I had turned my problem into someone else’s.” — Gabrielle Zevin Guilty Copy Share Image
In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I know what words do, he thinks. They let us feel less. “No,” — Gabrielle Zevin Language Copy Share Image
“Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road.” — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Still . . . my mom may have been trying to get me not to worry. I am “neurotic.” “Neurotic” means “I… — Gabrielle Zevin Neurotic Copy Share Image
“Living, it seemed to her, was the acquiring of bad habits. Dying, the process of rescinding them.” — Gabrielle Zevin Bad habit Copy Share Image
I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know." "'Lass'? Where did that come from?" "I don't know. I just… — Gabrielle Zevin Girl Copy Share Image
“No, I've been doing this myself forever. I could have gone in here myself, but my daddy doesn't want me to get… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“In high school, you read The Scarlet Letter, and it occurs to you that this is what the Internet is like.” — Gabrielle Zevin High school Copy Share Image
“She had resisted returning there [to Los Angeles, the city of her birth] because to return to one's home town felt like… — Gabrielle Zevin Growing pains Copy Share Image
“In Amelia’s experience, most people’s problems would be solved if they would only give more things a chance. Amelia” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“In the end, we are collected works. He has read enough to know there are no collections where each story is perfect.… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“me-also-thinks my latter-day reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives. Remember, Maya: the… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“In truth, she hadn't put much thought into whether she was happy before. She supposes that since she never thought about it,… — Gabrielle Zevin Emotion Copy Share Image
“Twenty years ago, when she first started doing Survivor Day, it was easy, she says, but now, who’s left? Maybe you survive… — Gabrielle Zevin Survivor Copy Share Image
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time… — Gabrielle Zevin Blurb Copy Share Image
I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like that, but to me, I've always… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Theo nodded slowly. "You love Balanchine chocolate like I love cacao." "I wouldn't say love , Theo." "No, you speak the truth.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
We aren't the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Maya knows that her mother left her in Island Books. But maybe that’s what happens to all children at a certain age.… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
“You know this girl. Her hair is neither long nor short nor light nor dark. She parts it precisely in the middle.… — Gabrielle Zevin Best friend 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 Amor Copy Share Image
“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
I wish I could tell you to always follow your heart, but I think it is bad advice. You have a heart,… — Gabrielle Zevin Advice Copy Share Image
Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“A few days after Camelot, Roz calls me and asks if she might use my ticket for The Mystery of Edwin Drood.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“You spend your whole life trying to get out of holes. The hole you’re born into because of who your parents are.… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
“Well, I’m warning you. I could be a bad book with a good jacket.” — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“Anticipating the worst doesn’t provide insurance from the worst happening,” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
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