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A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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New York City
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It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless.
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Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.
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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.
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It's a tragic fact to die in an accident
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People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.
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It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.
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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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He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.
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It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed.
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Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.
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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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Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. You lost this, he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. I'm shedding.
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The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken.
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You tell a kid he doesn't like to read, and he'll believe you
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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.
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If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought.
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