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Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you. The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: If Jenny were a book, she would be a paperback just out of the box - no dog ears, no waterlogging, no creases in her spine. If Jenny were a book, she would be a paperback just out of the box - no dog ears, no waterlogging, no creases in her spine.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Pregnant, she looked like a pretty Gollum. Pregnant, she looked like a pretty Gollum.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: But jackets are the redheaded stepchildren of book publishing. We blame them for everything. But jackets are the redheaded stepchildren of book publishing. We blame them for everything.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Maybe I'll even become a nun and swear off boys forever."Scarlet turned to study me. "No. Your face wouldn't be good in a habit. Maybe I'll even become a nun and swear off boys forever."
Scarlet turned to study me. "No. Your face wouldn't be good in a habit.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I thought I was grown-up. I thought I knew what I was doing. These were a few of the lies I told myself. I thought I was grown-up. I thought I knew what I was doing. These were a few of the lies I told myself.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Sorry, Maya, but it wasn't exactly a pleasure cruise for me either. The quicker you stop shitting yourself, the quicker we don't have to do this. Sorry, Maya, but it wasn't exactly a pleasure cruise for me either. The quicker you stop shitting yourself, the quicker we don't have to do this.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Life is messy," Dr. Lau was fond of saying. "Deal with it. If you're judging it, you're not really seeing it. Life is messy," Dr. Lau was fond of saying. "Deal with it. If you're judging it, you're not really seeing it.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: What if there is only an equal ratio of happiness to unhappiness in the world at any given time? What if there is only an equal ratio of happiness to unhappiness in the world at any given time?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The heart is so peculiar. How light and how heavy it can feel at the same time. How light. The heart is so peculiar. How light and how heavy it can feel at the same time.
How light.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: He felt comfortable and broken-in like favourite jeans He felt comfortable and broken-in like favourite jeans
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Why are you crying?""I was reading. Why are you crying?"
"I was reading.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The kind of people who spend their lives as permanent guests on a futon are not the kind of people you want to know. The kind of people who spend their lives as permanent guests on a futon are not the kind of people you want to know.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: It's a well-known fact that hate shows up on your face once you're forty. It's a well-known fact that hate shows up on your face once you're forty.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Take heart, Maya. As a bookseller, I assure you that prizewinning can be somewhat important for sales but rarely matters much in terms of quality. Take heart, Maya. As a bookseller, I assure you that prizewinning can be somewhat important for sales but rarely matters much in terms of quality.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: That Woman is in love with her own grief. That Woman is in love with her own grief.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to? What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Tomorrow," she said, "we try again. We fail again. We do better. Tomorrow," she said, "we try again. We fail again. We do better.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: In my opinion, wounds are like water boiledthey heal best left unwatched. In my opinion, wounds are like water boiled
they heal best left unwatched.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know. Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The day my father shook my hand, I knew I was a writer. The day my father shook my hand, I knew I was a writer.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: If something is good and universally acknowledged to be so, this is not reason enough to dislike it. If something is good and universally acknowledged to be so, this is not reason enough to dislike it.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I thought of summer as the living time; the rest of the year was the backward time, the writing time I thought of summer as the living time; the rest of the year was the backward time, the writing time
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again. The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: It had not been a lonely childhood, though many of her intimates had been somewhat less than real. It had not been a lonely childhood, though many of her intimates had been somewhat less than real.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you're the only person in the room. Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you're the only person in the room.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn't turned out to be. I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn't turned out to be.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn't live without him. Apparently I could. It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn't live without him. Apparently I could.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: He's got one thick book. He's in the middle of Infinite Jest. You ever heard of it? He's got one thick book. He's in the middle of Infinite Jest. You ever heard of it?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: When small wounds are left untreated, they can fest and become far more serious injuries. -Mr. Kipling When small wounds are left untreated, they can fest and become far more serious injuries. -Mr. Kipling
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: A.J. feels for the engagement ring in his pocket. Is this the moment? No, too Jumbotron. A.J. feels for the engagement ring in his pocket. Is this the moment? No, too Jumbotron.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I'm meant to love you, no matter how you act, no matter what you do? I couldn't respect myself if I felt that way. I'm meant to love you, no matter how you act, no matter what you do? I couldn't respect myself if I felt that way.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: There's something kind of heroic about being a bookseller. There's something kind of heroic about being a bookseller.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book. I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though. Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book. Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I don't believe in writer's block. I don't believe in writer's block.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: There ain't nobody in the world like book people. It's a business of gentlemen and gentlewomen. There ain't nobody in the world like book people. It's a business of gentlemen and gentlewomen.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap. It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: 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 forever? 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 forever?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: What can a single man know about child rearing? What can a single man know about child rearing?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.' For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: He settles on the Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth. He settles on the Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender. He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end. In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: No one travels without purpose. Those who are lost wish to be lost. No one travels without purpose. Those who are lost wish to be lost.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The only love she inspires is the canine kind. The only love she inspires is the canine kind.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: My brain said no.But my heart! My brain said no.

But my heart!
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Sometimes, this good old world does not much care what you believe. Sometimes, this good old world does not much care what you believe.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: A good marriage is, at least, one part conspiracy. A good marriage is, at least, one part conspiracy.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: People like what they like, and that's the great and terrible thing. People like what they like, and that's the great and terrible thing.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone. Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Theo looked at me with his smoldering Jesus eyes, and the Catholic schoolgirl in me crossed her legs. Theo looked at me with his smoldering Jesus eyes, and the Catholic schoolgirl in me crossed her legs.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: To begin, it is narrated by Death! To begin, it is narrated by Death!
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: His eyes were blazing and I swear I could smell the testosterone coming off him. His eyes were blazing and I swear I could smell the testosterone coming off him.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: A.J. has never changed a diaper in his life, though he is a modestly skilled gift wrapper. A.J. has never changed a diaper in his life, though he is a modestly skilled gift wrapper.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me. My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: No one, not even the rain has such soft hands. No one, not even the rain has such soft hands.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: How long does a dream have to last before it's just life? How long does a dream have to last before it's just life?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: It's easier to be happy than to be sad. Being sad takes alot of work. It's exhausting It's easier to be happy than to be sad. Being sad takes alot of work. It's exhausting
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. Lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind ... The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind ...
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: It's difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything's changed. It's difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything's changed.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: They should tell you when you're born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel. They should tell you when you're born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Showing up is what counts. Showing up is what counts.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Good morning, magazines! Good morning, bookmarks! Good morning, books! Good morning, magazines! Good morning, bookmarks! Good morning, books!
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: She is seventy, and she believes you try new things or you may as well die. She is seventy, and she believes you try new things or you may as well die.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: E. A. Poe defines a short story as readable in a single sitting. I imagine a "single sitting" was longer back in his day. But I digress again. E. A. Poe defines a short story as readable in a single sitting. I imagine a "single sitting" was longer back in his day. But I digress again.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive. There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I love having sex with you," she says. "If you're a vegetable when this is done, can I still have sex with you? I love having sex with you," she says. "If you're a vegetable when this is done, can I still have sex with you?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Novels certainly have their charms, but the most elegant creation in the prose universe is a short story. Novels certainly have their charms, but the most elegant creation in the prose universe is a short story.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: He had an appreciation for things other people had forgotten He had an appreciation for things other people had forgotten
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine? Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: No Man Is An Island; Every Book Is A World. No Man Is An Island; Every Book Is A World.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: But it's the only way I know to move forward. You make a list and then you go and do the things on it. But it's the only way I know to move forward. You make a list and then you go and do the things on it.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Every book is a world. Every book is a world.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Maya, we are what we love. We are that we love. Maya, we are what we love. We are that we love.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: In the fifteen or so years he has known her, A.J. thinks Ismay has aged like an actress should: from Juliet to Ophelia to Gertrude to Hecate. In the fifteen or so years he has known her, A.J. thinks Ismay has aged like an actress should: from Juliet to Ophelia to Gertrude to Hecate.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: You want less crime? Make it so there are less criminals. You want less crime? Make it so there are less criminals.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: From Nic's point of view, her older sister had been a primer on how not to live her life. From Nic's point of view, her older sister had been a primer on how not to live her life.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: You know what they say. Cold hands. Warm heart," Yuji said. "Or is it the reverse? You know what they say. Cold hands. Warm heart," Yuji said. "Or is it the reverse?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length. A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature. Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity. Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: I find literary fiction about the Holocaust or any other major world tragedy to be distasteful - nonfiction only, please. I find literary fiction about the Holocaust or any other major world tragedy to be distasteful - nonfiction only, please.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Oh yes, it's very tragic. Why does everyone always like love stories? What about absence-of-love stories? Aren't they much more common? Oh yes, it's very tragic. Why does everyone always like love stories? What about absence-of-love stories? Aren't they much more common?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: You don't choose a book the book chooses you You don't choose a book the book chooses you
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Fuck you. I like you. I'm used to you. You are the one, you asshole. I can't meet someone new. Fuck you. I like you. I'm used to you. You are the one, you asshole. I can't meet someone new.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: But even a declawed tiger still has teeth..." -Anya But even a declawed tiger still has teeth..." -Anya
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: His heart is too full, and no words to release it. His heart is too full, and no words to release it.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives. Reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: As a form, the picture book has a similar elegance to the short story. As a form, the picture book has a similar elegance to the short story.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried. Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know.""I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good. Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know."
"I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Everything worth loving in this world is difficult. Everything worth loving in this world is difficult.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Oh, you don't want to hear all my sad stories. I can't even bear to tell them anymore. Screw the past, right? Oh, you don't want to hear all my sad stories. I can't even bear to tell them anymore. Screw the past, right?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: People choose to read, and it takes effort. It's not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It's more than a hobby. People choose to read, and it takes effort. It's not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It's more than a hobby.
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think? Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?
Gabrielle Zevin quotes: A.J. decides to call Lambiase. He suggests frozen shrimp from Costco, which A.J. now recognizes as Lambiase's default party-throwing suggestion. A.J. decides to call Lambiase. He suggests frozen shrimp from Costco, which A.J. now recognizes as Lambiase's default party-throwing suggestion.

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