“My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We” — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me. — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow," she said, "we try again. We fail again. We do better.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“He smelled like smoke and laundered sheets left to dry in the sun.” — Gabrielle Zevin Smell Copy Share Image
There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt… — Gabrielle Zevin Alive Copy Share Image
“I also think people didn’t truly understand the Internet back then, if indeed they can be said to understand it now.” — Gabrielle Zevin Internet Copy Share Image
“She sleeps; she sleeps. And when she sleeps, she dreams. And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost… — Gabrielle Zevin Dreams Copy Share Image
Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“What if there is only an equal ratio of happiness to unhappiness in the world at any given time?” — Gabrielle Zevin Happiness Copy Share Image
“You have a thousand chances to make something right. That's a heck of a lot of chances, by the way. But they… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“But it's the only way I know to move forward. You make a list and then you go and do the things… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
No one actually needs another person or another person's love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we… — Gabrielle Zevin Love Copy Share Image
“Bookstores attract the right kind of folk. Good people like A.J. and Amelia. And I like talking about books with people who… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“I did wear those shoes to my wedding, and I ended up twisting my ankle on the way out of the synagogue.… — Gabrielle Zevin Marriage Copy Share Image
As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is… — Gabrielle Zevin 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
For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn't mind it.… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I am repulsed by ghostwritten novels by reality television stars, celebrity picture books, sports memoirs, movie tie-in editions, novelty items, and—I imagine… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“Love you,” Maya says. “Yes, she keeps saying that,” A.J. says. “I warned her about giving love that hasn’t yet been earned,… — Gabrielle Zevin Giving love Copy Share Image
I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six… — 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
“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
“I don’t even know if we have a broom closet, Mrs. Levin,” said Tasha. “Tasha, honestly! In this world, to be overly… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Why are you here?" I asked him. "That's an awfully big question, Anya." "No, I meant here outside this office. What did… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“...love, he thinks. What a bother. It's completely gotten in the way of his plan to drink himself to death, to drive… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read… — Gabrielle Zevin Almost there Copy Share Image
“if you didn’t let some things go, you’d spend your whole life fighting.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
