“Friendship,” Marx said, “is kind of like having a Tamagotchi.” — Gabrielle Zevin Friend Copy Share Image
“In my opinion, wounds are like water boiled--they heal best left unwatched.” — Gabrielle Zevin Wounds Copy Share Image
“He didn't break my heart. No one can break your heart except you.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Babies move more than books and aren’t as conveniently shaped.” — Gabrielle Zevin Babies Copy Share Image
The scent is sweet and meloncholy. A bit like dying, a bit like falling in love. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Remember that a fine education can be found in places other than the usual.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He knows she isn't perfect. She knows he definitely isn't perfect. They know there's no such thing as perfect.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“she doesn’t want to become the kind of person who thinks that good news can only come from calls one was already… — Gabrielle Zevin Good news Copy Share Image
“But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“A.J. runs their credit cards and concludes that a theft is an acceptable social loss while a death is an isolating one.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The heart is so peculiar. How light and how heavy it can feel at the same time. How light.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Because the things we don't have are sadder than the things we have. Because the things we don't have exist in our… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I missed her like a reflex, even though I knew that it was just some trick of my undependable brain. Some stupid,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like the wedding is a Trojan horse. The dream I peddle to distract from the reality of a marriage.… — Gabrielle Zevin Dreams Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, you're not a baby because you have nightmares, Natty. Something terrible happened to you when you were little, and that's why… — Gabrielle Zevin Nightmares Copy Share Image
“Give Win back his hat," I told Natty. "It looks good on me," she said, batting her eyelashes. I took it off… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Lights, bright enough to dilate her eyes. Horns, flaccid and come too late. Metal crumpling like tissue. The body was not in… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Your extracurricular activities are definitely somewhat lackluster, Annie." "What? Being the daughter of a celebrated criminal doesn't count as an extracurricular activity?"… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
“The other interns have left, and your eyes are beginning to spill over. The hell with it, you think. No one’s here.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past… — Gabrielle Zevin Antony 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 Copy Share Image
“Win interrupted me. "Stop," he said. "I love you, too." He paused. "You underestimate me, Annie. I'm not blind to your faults.… — Gabrielle Zevin Every night 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
“W-MT: There was a book I read about in the New York Times Book Review. It had a red cover, maybe? A.J.:… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He wants to laugh out loud or punch a wall. He feels drunk or at least carbonated. Insane. At first, he thinks… — Gabrielle Zevin Drunk Copy Share Image
“he has bushy blond eyebrows and a voice that makes her think of damask. One afternoon a week or so after New… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“When you think of your mother, the word that occurs to you is too. She hugs you too hard, kisses you too… — Gabrielle Zevin Life Copy Share Image
“Her mother likes to say that novels have ruined Amelia for real men. This observation insults Amelia because it implies that she… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“For the record, everything new is not worse than everything old.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He looked like a charcoal drawing of a man. In death, he was blacks and whites.” — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“His eyes were blazing and I swear I could smell the testosterone coming off him.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
