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I have so much paperwork. I'm afraid my paperwork has paperwork.

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
Paperwork
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I don't think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets.
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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.
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Well, for one, you have to remember not to scream. Once you have their attention, whispering is much more effective. Screaming ghosts scare people, you know
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Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.
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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.
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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.
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I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.
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Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.
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It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.
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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.
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I accept your condemnation, I said.
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He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.
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Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?
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