372 Quotes by Gabrielle Zevin

Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you’re reading an entirely different book.

But then again maybe “I will” is nicer. It has a future in it.

In the future, he will rethink his unlocked-door policy. Though it had occurred to him that something might be stolen, he had never considered the possibility that something might be left.

I don’t think you can really run away from things. They tend to follow you” -Anya.

Oh yes, it’s very tragic. Why does everyone always like love stories? What about absence-of-love stories? Aren’t they much more common?

It is time for you to set your house in order.

Turns out I really like bookstores. You know, I meet a lot of people in my line of work. A lot of folks pass through Alice Island, especially in the summer. I’ve seen movie people on vacation and I’ve seen music people and newspeople, too. There ain’t nobody in the world like book people. It’s a business of gentlemen and gentlewoman.

We had been there about four days when she said, “It feels like last year was a dream,” she said. “It feels like I had a fever, and the fever has finally broken.” “I’m glad,” I said. “Still,” she said, “sometimes I miss the fever.

But then again, maybe ‘I will’ is nicer. It has the future in it. ‘I do’ just has the present.