Gabrielle Zevin: Quotes about life

Gabrielle Zevin is American writer. Explore interesting quotes on life.
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“The analogy he is looking for is almost there. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that.”

Gabrielle Zevin

Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“But I believe good things happen everyday. I believe good things happen even when bad things happen. And I believe on a happy day like today, we can still feel a little sad. And that's life, isn't it?”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life.”

Gabrielle Zevin

Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”

Gabrielle Zevin

Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

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

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is entirely possible to long for two lives, to feel that one life can't come close to containing it all.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“There is no difference in quality between a life lived forward and a life lived backwards, she thinks. She had come to love this backward life. It was, after all, the only life she had.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

“In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.”

Gabrielle Zevin

“I've been a police officer for twenty years now and I'll tell you, pretty much every bad thing is life is a result of bad timing, and every good thing is the result of good timing.”

Gabrielle Zevin

Source: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“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.”

Gabrielle Zevin

“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.”

Gabrielle Zevin

Source: All These Things I've Done

“Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

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

Gabrielle Zevin

Source: All These Things I've Done