People choose to read, and it takes effort. It's not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It's more than a hobby. Gabrielle Zevin More Quotes by Gabrielle Zevin More Quotes From Gabrielle Zevin If you are going to forgive a person, Liz decides, it is best to do it sooner rather than later. Later, Liz knows from experience, could be sooner than you thought. Gabrielle Zevin liz forgiving persons Betty inhales sharply, 'It's just I thought I had lost you forever.' Oh, Betty, don't you know there's no such thing as forever? Gabrielle Zevin knows forever lost 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. Gabrielle Zevin daddy creating weakness 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 daddy littles love-is Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up. Gabrielle Zevin used girl moving It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed. Gabrielle Zevin moments loss people The baby, a girl, is born at 6:24 a.m. She weighs six pounds, ten ounces. The mother takes the baby in her arms and asks her, "Who are you, my little one?" And in response, this baby, who is Liz and not Liz at the same time, laughs. Gabrielle Zevin girl mother baby 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. Gabrielle Zevin daddy self sorry People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men. Gabrielle Zevin lifetime men people A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length. Gabrielle Zevin length hours quality Liz looks at the tissue box, which is decorated with drawings of snowmen engaged in various holiday activities. One of the snowmen is happily placing a smiling rack of gingerbread men in an oven. Baking gingerbread men, or any cooking for that matter, is probably close to suicide for a snowman, Liz thinks. Why would a snowman voluntarily engage in an activity that would in all likelihood melt him? Can snowmen even eat? Liz glares at the box. Gabrielle Zevin holiday suicide men But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking. Gabrielle Zevin kissing mouths talking 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/ Gabrielle Zevin voice special white In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else. Gabrielle Zevin happens way interesting In you, I found infinity. In you, I was reborn Gabrielle Zevin reborn infinity found The casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again. Gabrielle Zevin done goes-on way There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive. Gabrielle Zevin loving-you loving-someone pain In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you. Gabrielle Zevin certain knows way 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. Gabrielle Zevin liz knowing knows 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 romance done littles
