“ But then again, maybe 'I will' is nicer. It has the future in it. 'I do' just has the present. Gabrielle Zevin
“ Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you're the only person in the room. Gabrielle Zevin
“ It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway. Gabrielle Zevin
“ People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men. Gabrielle Zevin
“ And then, despite the fact that A. J. does not believe in God, he closes his eyes and thanks whomever, the higher power, with all his porcupine heart. Gabrielle Zevin
“ I do not like postmodernism, postapocalyptic settings, postmortem narrators, or magic realism. I rarely respond to supposedly clever formal devices, multiple fonts, pictures where they shouldn't be—ba… Gabrielle Zevin
“ They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books? Gabrielle Zevin
“ It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time went on a holiday, and is expected back any day now. Time flies is another one… Gabrielle Zevin
“ All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed and prayed. They had brushed and flossed and died. In English class, we read poems about… Gabrielle Zevin
“ 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
“ Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you can barely see, they are written in miles and eons with a chisel on the side of a mountiantop Gabrielle Zevin
“ 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
