“And then, because the world is relentless this way, it was spring.” — Gabrielle Zevin Flower Copy Share Image
“You know what they say. Cold hands. Warm heart," Yuji said. "Or is it the reverse?” — Gabrielle Zevin Warm heart Copy Share Image
“What if I had told the boy I loved to leave and it ended up being for nothing?” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind,” — Gabrielle Zevin Aging Copy Share Image
“Besides, I did not require heroism--I had been the hero of my own life for some time.” — Gabrielle Zevin Hero 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
I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I know he's a good person. And he said he was sorry. And I love him. And when you love a person,… — 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
“You will be standing in that square forever. You will wear that “A” until you’re dead. You consider your options. You have… — Gabrielle Zevin Death 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
It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
People, you'll find, aren't usually all good or bad. Sometimes they're just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Proto-postmodernist story of a habitual gambler and his bested frog. The plot isn’t much, but it’s worth reading because of the fun… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking… — Gabrielle Zevin Beauties Copy Share Image
“But in the end, it had been a long day, and it was easier to stare at her phone for the next… — Gabrielle Zevin Long day Copy Share Image
“Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A.J. decides, because they are. We have to look… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful. — Gabrielle Zevin Beautiful Copy Share Image
...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. — Gabrielle Zevin Girl Copy Share Image
“When your mother is worrying about something, it means that you won’t have to.” — Gabrielle Zevin Fear Copy Share Image
“I do not like anything over four hundred pages or under one hundred fifty pages.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“All women are many women! I'm afraid you've never known very much about women.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead. — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
But then again maybe "I will" is nicer. It has a future in it. — Gabrielle Zevin Future Copy Share Image
On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I mean, I’m not not a feminist. I mean, I believe I’m a human before I’m a woman.” You say this because… — Gabrielle Zevin Feminism Copy Share Image
I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Why are you so quiet?” he asks. Because, you want to say, I am a person with an interior world that you… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“My grandmother was married for fifty-two years, until my grandfather died. She used to say that a bad marriage was one that… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad marriage Copy Share Image
