“ But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking. Gabrielle Zevin
“ I know he's a good person. And he said he was sorry. And I love him. And when you love a person, you have to forgive him sometimes. Gabrielle Zevin
“ CHIEF LAMBIASE IS a frequent visitor to the store, and to justify these visits, he buys books. Because Lambiase doesn’t believe in wasting money, he reads the books, too. At first, he had mainly bough… Gabrielle Zevin
“ When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life. Gabrielle Zevin
“ 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
“ If you’re stuck, reading helps: The Beauties by Anton Chekhov, The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J. D. Salinger, Brownies or Drinking Coffee Elsewhere both by ZZ… Gabrielle Zevin
“ ...an irresistible of why we read and why we love.We are not quite novels.We are not quite short stories.In the end, we are collected works. Gabrielle Zevin
“ Yes, said the cop. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. People like to say that, A.J. replies. But it was someone’s fault. It was hers. What a stupid thing for her to do. What a stupid melodramatic thing for her… Gabrielle Zevin
“ The Beauties by Anton Chekhov, The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J. D. Salinger, Brownies or Drinking Coffee Elsewhere both by ZZ Packer, In the Cemetery Where A… Gabrielle Zevin
“ Maya, If you’re stuck, reading helps: The Beauties by Anton Chekhov, The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J. D. Salinger, Brownies or Drinking Coffee Elsewhere both… Gabrielle Zevin
“ Beauties by Anton Chekhov, The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J. D. Salinger, Brownies or Drinking Coffee Elsewhere both by ZZ Packer, In the Cemetery Where Al Jo… Gabrielle Zevin
“ There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches, growing in opposing but perfect symmetry. The bra… Gabrielle Zevin
“ There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put on's house keys. Gabrielle Zevin
“ 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
“ It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could. Gabrielle Zevin
“ A.J. watches Maya in her pink party dress, and he feels a vaguely familiar, slightly intolerable bubbling inside of him. He wants to laugh out loud or punch a wall. He feels drunk or at least carbonat… Gabrielle Zevin
“ I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. Gabrielle Zevin
“ Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up. Gabrielle Zevin
“ On Earth, Liz was constantly occupied with studying and finding a college and a career and all those other things that the adults in her life deemed terribly important. Since she had died, everything… Gabrielle Zevin
