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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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“You forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not. . . You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. They’re the last to go. And then once you’ve forgotten enough, you love someone else.”

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Author: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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Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“For the longest time after that, neither of us said anything. I was unaccustomed to his silence, but I didn't mind it. I knew near everything about him, and he knew near everything about me, and all that made our quiet a kind of song. The kind you hum without even knowing what it is or why you're humming it. The kind that you've always known.”

Mind Kind Made Said Song Silence Known Knowing Quiet Humming

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room.”

Ifs Want Made Said Rooms

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.' Liz turns to Thandi. 'I thought you said you didn't remember how you got the hole in your head.' Thandi apologizes. 'I just remembered.' 'Shot in the head!' Florence-scratchy-voice says. 'Oy, that's rough.' 'Aw, it's nothing special. Happens pretty regularly where I'm from,' Thandi says. 'WHAT?' asks Myrna with the moustache. 'Say it toward my left ear, that's the good one.' 'I SAID, "IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL,"' Thandi yells/”

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Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.”

People Said Daddy

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.”

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Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too.”

Littles Said Sometimes Bits Love Is Little Bit Daddy Begging

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.”

Thinking Knows Said Fool Raised Outcomes Daddy

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. "You lost this," he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. "I'm shedding.”

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Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul.”

Ifs Knows Believe Said Soul Lost Daddy Lost Souls Annie

Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“My brain said no. But my heart!”

Heart Said Brain My Heart

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

“"I shouldn't have done that," I said. That was when I kissed him again. May God forgive me for this and all these things I've done.”

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Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“Liz, I like you very much," he says. "Oh," she says, "I like you very much, too!" Owen is not sure if she means "O" for Owen, or just plan "Oh." He is not sure what difference it would make in either case. He feels the needs to clarify. "When I said 'I like you very much,' I actually meant 'I love you.'" "O," she says, "I actually meant the same thing." She closes the car door behind her. "Well," he says to himself, driving back to his apartment, "isn't that something?”

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Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“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.”

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Author:Gabrielle Zevin

“"I accept your condemnation," I said.”

Said Accepting Condemnation

Book:All These Things I've Done

Source: All These Things I've Done

About the Author

Born: October 24, 1977
Known for: Author
Quotes: 249

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