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I met a travler from an ancient land.
Gabrielle Zevin
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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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On Elsewhere we fool ourselves into thinking we know what will be just because we know the amount of time we have left. We know this, but we never really know what will be. We never know what will happen.
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It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.
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You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later.
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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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I accept your condemnation, I said.
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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
You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?
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He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.
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Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, 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.
Gabrielle Zevin
I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.
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I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know. 'Lass'? Where did that come from? I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.
Gabrielle Zevin
They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.
Gabrielle Zevin
A life isn't measured in hours or minutes. Its the quality not the length. All things considered I've been luckier than most. Almost sixteen years on Earth, and I've already had eight good ones here. I expect to have eight more before all's good said and done. Nearly thirty-two years total, and that's not too shabby
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Wounds are like water set to boil - they heal best left unwatched.
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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.
Gabrielle Zevin
My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.
Gabrielle Zevin
if you were older you might agree with me. you might say that real love steals nothing. you might say that real love leaves a person intact. you would be wrong, jane. love is a greedy toddler who knows only the word 'mine.
Gabrielle Zevin
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.
Gabrielle Zevin
Diving is a leap of faith plus gravity.
Gabrielle Zevin