Quotes from Gabrielle Zevin

I loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It's the ideas that matter, man. The words

To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back -- I know you won't hurt me, even though you can. It is the dog putting its mouth around your hand and never biting down. To play requires trust and love.

Then there are the books I teach every year: Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas Marner, Their Eyes Were Watching God, or I Capture the Castle. Those books are like old friends.

me-also-thinks my latter-day reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives. Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life. —

The best part of this moment is that everything is still possible.

I mean, I'm not not a feminist. I mean, I believe I'm a human before I'm a woman." You say this because you are young, and because you have the wrong idea about feminism.

As Dov was fond of saying to her, "You aren't just a gamer when you play anymore. You're a builder of worlds, and if you're a builder of worlds, your feelings are not as important as what your gamers are feeling. You must imagine them at all times. There is no artist more empathetic than the game designer.

In this world, to be overly literal is a profound weakness.

Lo más irritante del amor es que, cuando a una persona le importa algo, descubre que tiene que empezar a importarle todo.

The Thai food arrived. Dov made conversation as if it were a normal night, and not their last supper.

Las cubiertas son las cenicientas de las editoriales. Les echamos la culpa de todo.

I loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It's the ideas that matter, man. The words," Daniel Parish says.

Sometimes, you fact-check and research the congressman's speeches. The year is 1999, and you seem to be the only one in the office who knows how to perform an Internet search properly. "You're a wizard, Aviva," says the supervisor.

Yes. Dad. Dad is what I am. Dad is what I became. The father of Maya. Maya's dad. Dad. What a word. What a little big word.

A woman. She liked this band called The Cure, and she thought it would be cool if she pierced my ear." Maya thinks about this. "Did you have a parrot?" "I didn't. I had a girlfriend." "Could the parrot talk?" "No, because there wasn't a parrot." She tries to trick him. "What was the parrot's name?" "There wasn't a parrot." "But if there was one, what would his name have been?

It is the secret fear that we are unlovable that isolates us," the passage goes, "but it is only because we are isolated that we think we are unlovable. Someday, you do not know when, you will be driving down a road. And someday, you do not know when, he, or indeed she, will be there. You will be loved because for the first time in your life, you will truly not be alone. You will have chosen to not be alone." None

You will be standing in that square forever. You will wear that "A" until you're dead. You consider your options. You have no options.

A veces los libros no nos encuentran hasta que llega el momento adecuado.

far, although husbands who have terrible accidents are usually received warmly (extra points if he dies, and she finds love again). Maeve Binchy is popular for a while, until Margene, who in another life had been an investment

We are not quite novels...in the end we are collected works.

And as any mixed-race person will tell you - to be half of two things is to be whole of nothing.

Infinite Jest is a masterpiece," Harvey had said. "Infinite Jest is an endurance contest. You manage to get through it and you have no choice but to say you like it. Otherwise, you have to deal with the fact that you just wasted weeks of your life," A.J.

On the ferry from Hyannis to Alice Island, Amelia Loman paints her nails yellow and, while waiting for them to dry, skims her predecessor's notes. "Island Books, approximately $250,000.00 per annum in sales, the better portion of that in the summer months to folks on holiday

Perché piangi?" "Stavo leggendo.