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Quotes About Relationship

And eventually, Sadie would be a stranger. And this would be a disaster for Sam. A tragedy. He would know that if he hadn't been the person he was, terrified and cowardly and petty and insecure and sexually panicked and broken, Sadie might have been his.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
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.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
what was the difference in the end? It was never worth worrying about someone you didn't love. And it wasn't love if you didn't worry.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Beneath Sadie's eyes were barely perceptible crescents, but then, she'd had these as a kid too. Still, he felt she seemed tired. Sam looked at Sadie, and he thought, This is what time travel is. It's looking at a person, and seeing them in the present and the past, concurrently. And that mode of transport only worked with those one had known a significant time.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Tell me I don't know you, Sam thought. Tell me I don't know you when I could draw both sides of this hand, your hand, from memory.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
You wouldn't be abandoning me if you stopped to get a Band-Aid, you know.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
What I think you should consider," Alabaster said, "is the rarity of finding a playmate in either this world or the other world.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Can't something be both?" Said said. "Friendship is friendship, and charity is charity." Freda said. "....But I can tell you that the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I love having sex with you," she says. "If you're a vegetable when this is done, can I still have sex with you?" she asks. "Sure," A.J. says. "And you won't think less of me?" "No." He pauses. "I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the turn this conversation has taken," he says.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Your cousin Albert told me that, in business, they call this a pivot. But life is filled with them, too. The most successful people are also the most able to change their mindsets. You may not ever have a romantic relationship with Sadie, but you two will be friends for the rest of your lives, and that is something of equal or greater value, if you choose to see it that way.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I knew near everything about him, and he knew near everything about me, and all that made our quite a kind of song.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
in business, they call this a pivot. But life is filled with them, too. The most successful people are also the most able to change their mindsets. You may not ever have a romantic relationship with Sadie, but you two will be friends for the rest of your lives, and that is something of equal or greater value, if you choose to see it that way.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
You can't unilaterally decide to work on it." "Marx'll back me." "I bet he will." "He'll back me because it could be a great game, Sam." "He'll back you because he takes your side in everything. Because he's screwing you.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
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.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
She almost seemed to be an extension of him, and he, of her.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
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
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I've decided we're going to be great friends, by the way. Don't bother trying to resist me. I'll stalk you until you submit.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
The most successful people are also the most able to change their mindsets. You may not ever have a romantic relationship with Sadie, but you two will be friends for the rest of your lives, and that is something of equal or greater value, if you choose to see it that way.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
It is not possible to receive charity from a friend.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
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.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I don't think she wants me to visit her." "It doesn't take long to get to Boston anymore," Dong Hyun said. "It takes about six hours by plane. Same amount of time as it's always taken." "Faster than getting from Venice to Echo Park in traffic," Dong Hyun said.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
She knew that the presence of the timesheet made it seem as if she had an ulterior motive, though the truth was obvious to her: Sadie Green liked being praised, and Sam Masur was the best friend she had ever had.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
Sadie hadn't worked on a game of her own since she'd been with Dov, though she did occasionally help him with his. It was easier, in some ways, to work with and for Dov than it was to do her own work.
~ Gabrielle Zevin
I love you, too, Grandpa." For most of his life, Sam had found it difficult to say I love you. It was superior, he believed, to show love to those one loved. But now, it seemed like one of the easiest things in the world Sam could do. Why wouldn't you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.
~ Gabrielle Zevin