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Quote by Gabrielle Zevin

“What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?”

Author

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. more

“We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision. But if a decision itself were voluntary every decision would have to be preceded by a decision to decide - An infinite regression which fortunately does not occur. Oddly enough, if we had to decide to decide, we would not be free to decide”

Ifs Feels Doe Enough Happens Action Decision Infinite Our Actions Involuntary Regression

Book:The Way of Zen

Source: The Way of Zen

“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

“Perhaps people ought to feel with more imagination.”

People Feels Imagination Ought

Author:Elliot Perlman

“I hate 'foodie' because it's cute, like pretty much all diminutives associated with eating. 'Veggies,' 'sammies,' 'parm.' I eat food, and I cook it: it's for eating, preferably with friends, and I don't make a fetish out of it.”

Hate Eating I Hate Cooks Cute Fetish Cute Like