“ Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say. Gabrielle Zevin
“ Theo looked at me with his smoldering Jesus eyes, and the Catholic schoolgirl in me crossed her legs. Gabrielle Zevin
“ I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather? Gabrielle Zevin
“ Each period had required me to be a slightly different person, and that was exhausting. I wondered if school had always felt this way and whether it was like this for everone. Gabrielle Zevin
“ On the board, Mr. Beery had written "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it." I wasn't sure if this was meant to be inspirational, thematic, or a joke about making sure to study. Gabrielle Zevin
“ I was just thinking... isn't it lucky that we decided to become co-editors? If one takes a blow to the head, the other can fill in. If the other's lung spontaneoulsy collapses, the one can fill in. It… Gabrielle Zevin
“ We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. Gabrielle Zevin
“ The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself.No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset. Gabrielle Zevin
“ Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?"She said, "I refused to be shamed.""How did you do that?" you asked. "When they came at me, I kept coming," she said. Gabrielle Zevin
“ She doesn't recognize the number—none of her friends use their phones as phones anymore. Gabrielle Zevin
“ 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
“ Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for conseqences. Gabrielle Zevin
“ I do not believe in God. I have no religion. But this to me is as close to a church as I have known in this life. It is a holy place. With bookstores like this, I feel confident in saying that there w… Gabrielle Zevin
