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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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“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.”

Ifs Knows Persons Forgiving Liz

Book:Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“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

Book:Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“Ask two people to tell you anything, you’ll get two versions. Even easy things like directions, let alone important or semi-controversial topics like why a fight started or what a person was generally like. If you don’t know something for yourself, you just can’t be sure.”

People Ifs Knows Persons Two Important Fighting Asks Easy Versions Topics Controversial Easy Things Controversial Topics

Author: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.”

Ifs Knows Persons Real Might Would Be Love Is Mines Agree Stealing Real Love Greedy Jane Toddler

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“I wondered if the person who really loves you is the person who knows all your stories, the person who WANTS to know all your stories.”

Ifs Knows Want Persons Stories Love You

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.”

Persons Lying Girl Sound

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“It's a weakness to apologize before hearing what the other person's grievances are. You don't want to end up creating new grievances where there were none to begin with. Another Daddy-ism, if you hadn't already guessed.”

Ifs Want Persons Ends Creating Weakness Hearing Apologizing Daddy Grievance Isms

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I have to reject this guy? Can't he take a hint?' I shook my head. 'But somehow I don't even care. I see you in your red dress, standing by the punch table, and something in me wants to keep trying. I think, she is a person worth knowing.”

Thinking Knows Want Trying Persons Said Care Guy Winning Knowing Fool Red Standing Dresses Tables Rejects This Guy Hints Keep Trying

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“Each period had required me to be a slightly different person, and that was exhausting. I wondered if school had always felt this way and whether it was like this for everone.”

Ifs Way Persons Different School Felt Periods Exhausting

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?”

Knows Needs Persons Book Answers Your Favorite Favorite Book

Book:The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel

Source: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel

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Born: October 24, 1977
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Quotes: 249

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowRelated source material

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Memoirs of a Teenage AmnesiacRelated source material

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