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Gabrielle Zevin, born on October 24, 1977, is an American author whose works span across various genres, including novels, young adult literature, and adult fiction. She is admired for her unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns.

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Famous Gabrielle Zevin Quotes

“People, you'll find, aren't usually all good or bad. Sometimes they're just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes they're mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere.”

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“On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that's not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess.”

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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.”

Thinking Knows Happens Left Fool Amount Elsewhere

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“No one actually needs another person or another person's love to survive. Love is when we have irrationally convinced ourselves that we do.”

Needs Persons Love Is Convinced Elsewhere

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“Why do two people fall in love? It's a mystery.”

People Two Fall Mystery Falling In Love Elsewhere

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

Hours Quality Minutes Length Elsewhere

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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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“Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead.”

People Mind States Earth State Of Mind Elsewhere

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

About the Author

Born: October 24, 1977
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Quotes: 249

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Memoirs of a Teenage AmnesiacRelated source material

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All These Things I've Done: A NovelRelated source material

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