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Gabrielle Zevin Quotes

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel Picture Quote #1

A life isn’t measured in hours and minutes. It’s the quality, not the length Picture Quote #1

It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than he could be talking to me. Or maybe it was sad. One or the other. Sometimes it’s hard to tell Picture Quote #1

I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be Picture Quote #1

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And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I’d thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow Picture Quote #1

No one actually needs another person or another person’s love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we do Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It was a nice day, and I don’t mean that it was sunny either. It was humid and not too cool, like winter was getting annoyed with itself and wanted it to be spring just as much as everyone else Picture Quote #1

There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward life. It was, after all, the only life she had Picture Quote #1

Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me... I’m just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street Picture Quote #1

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People, you’ll find, aren’t usually all good or bad. Sometimes they’re just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes they’re mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere Picture Quote #1

There’s a strange sort of quiet when you’re dying. It’s as if you’re in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker Picture Quote #1

For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn’t mind it. I knew near everything about him, and he knew near everything about me, and all that made our quiet a kind of song. The kind you hum without even knowing what it is or why you’re humming it. The kind that you’ve always known Picture Quote #1

Let’s stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don’t you think? Picture Quote #1

Intimacy doesn’t have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together Picture Quote #1

You tell a kid he doesn’t like to read, and he’ll believe you Picture Quote #1

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You can’t avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We aren’t the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on Picture Quote #1

Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up Picture Quote #1

On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that’s not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess Picture Quote #1

You forget all of it anyway... You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not... You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They’re the last to go. And then once you’ve forgotten enough, you love someone else Picture Quote #1

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Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails. I was heads. Had it gone my way, there might not be a story at all. Just a chapter, or a sentence in a book whose greater theme had yet to be determined. Maybe this chapter would’ve had the faintest whisper of love about it. But maybe not. Sometimes, a girl needs to lose Picture Quote #1

It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

... lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them Picture Quote #1

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They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) A life isn’t measured in hours and minutes. It’s the quality, not the length (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) 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 Quotes) It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than he could be talking to me. Or maybe it was sad. One or the other. Sometimes it’s hard to tell (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 (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I’d thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) No one actually needs another person or another person’s love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we do (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 (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) It was a nice day, and I don’t mean that it was sunny either. It was humid and not too cool, like winter was getting annoyed with itself and wanted it to be spring just as much as everyone else (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward life. It was, after all, the only life she had (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me... I’m just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) People, you’ll find, aren’t usually all good or bad. Sometimes they’re just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes they’re mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) There’s a strange sort of quiet when you’re dying. It’s as if you’re in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn’t mind it. I knew near everything about him, and he knew near everything about me, and all that made our quiet a kind of song. The kind you hum without even knowing what it is or why you’re humming it. The kind that you’ve always known (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) Let’s stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don’t you think? (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) Intimacy doesn’t have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) You tell a kid he doesn’t like to read, and he’ll believe you (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) You can’t avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) 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 Quotes) We aren’t the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that’s not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) You forget all of it anyway... You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not... You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They’re the last to go. And then once you’ve forgotten enough, you love someone else (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails. I was heads. Had it gone my way, there might not be a story at all. Just a chapter, or a sentence in a book whose greater theme had yet to be determined. Maybe this chapter would’ve had the faintest whisper of love about it. But maybe not. Sometimes, a girl needs to lose (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 (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) 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 Quotes) Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes) 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 Quotes) ... lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them (Gabrielle Zevin Quotes)

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