Explore Quotes by Gabrielle Zevin

I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know." "'Lass'? Where did that come from?" "I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.

He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.

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.

My brain said no. But my heart!

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.

Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.

It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.

Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.

It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.

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

Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

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.

Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say.

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.

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.

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.

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

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

Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.