But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths… — Gabrielle Zevin Bad habit Copy Share Image
It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Betty inhales sharply, 'It's just I thought I had lost you forever.' Oh, Betty, don't you know there's no such thing as… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The problem with meeting new people is not that you might not like them, but that you will like them too much.” — Gabrielle Zevin Meeting new people Copy Share Image
“Embeth looked at the return address. It was from her most faithful friend, Shipment Fulfillment Center.” — Gabrielle Zevin Fulfillment Copy Share Image
A question I’ve thought about a great deal is why it is so much easier to write about the things we dislike/hate/acknowledge… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself. No, the real difficulty… — Gabrielle Zevin Alone Copy Share Image
In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone… — Gabrielle Zevin Death Copy Share Image
“Why are the cute ones always such sociopaths?" "Win doesn't seem like so much of a sociopath," I replied without thinking. "Oh,… — Gabrielle Zevin First step Copy Share Image
“When I read a book, I want you to be reading it at the same time. I want to know what would… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“I've been a police officer for twenty years now and I'll tell you, pretty much every bad thing is life is a… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Oh, all stories are the same, aren't they? Men and women fall in love or out of love. People are born; people… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“All I can say is . . . All I can say is we’ll figure it out, I swear. When I read… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
“The rub of the Choose Your Own Adventure stories is that if you don’t make a few bad choices, the story will… — Gabrielle Zevin Adventure Copy Share Image
“Every generation spins the wheel,Anya, and where it lands defines 'the good'. Funny thing is they never know that they're spining it,… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
But I believe good things happen everyday. I believe good things happen even when bad things happen. And I believe on a… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“They were an indistinct blur of pastel and white uniforms, like chalk doodles on a sidewalk in the rain.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I don't like to feel so crazy about someone," he said. "I don't like to feel like my happiness is so tied… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“when she’d asked him about the book that had had the greatest influence on his life, and he’d replied Principles of Accounting,… — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“What suit jacket would say “supportive,” “feminist,” “unbroken,” “optimistic”? What one effing suit jacket could possibly accomplish that?” — Gabrielle Zevin Fashion Copy Share Image
I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to… — Gabrielle Zevin Boys Copy Share Image
“the more I believe that this is what the point of it all is. To connect, my dear little nerd. Only connect.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“I've thought a lot about it. The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is… — Gabrielle Zevin Inspirational Copy Share Image
It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could. — Gabrielle Zevin Couple Copy Share Image
“Maybe you survive cancer, maybe you survive the Holocaust, but life’ll get you every time.” — Gabrielle Zevin Cancer Copy Share Image
“...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In… — Gabrielle Zevin Books Copy Share Image
Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Sometimes things seem so unbearable in the middle of the night, don't they? In the middle of the night, we're all such… — Gabrielle Zevin Children Copy Share Image
“I do not know much about boys, but I think superior research skills would be a Very Good Thing to have in… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless. — Gabrielle Zevin 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.” — 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 Books Copy Share Image
“I find literary fiction about the Holocaust or any other major world tragedy to be distasteful - nonfiction only, please.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Is a twist less satisfying if you know it’s coming? Is a twist that you can’t predict symptomatic of bad construction? These… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book. — Gabrielle Zevin Book Copy Share Image
“Good morning, magazines! Good morning, bookmarks! Good morning, books! Good morning, store!” — Gabrielle Zevin Bookmarks Copy Share Image
Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.' — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
