Gabrielle Zevin Quotes

Tragedy is when someone ends up dead.
Everything else is just a bump in the road.

The fish does not die with regrets because the fish cannot love. I die with regrets, and yet I am glad I am not a fish.

The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov, "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J. D. Salinger, "Brownies" or "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" both by ZZ Packer, "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel, "Fat" by Raymond Carver, "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway.

You would think women would want to stick together when there weren't that many of them, but they never did. It was as if being a woman was a disease that you didn't wish to catch. As long as you didn't associate with the other women, you could imply to the majority, the men: I'm not like those other ones.

I don't think that every last bit of the programming has to be original. You have this purity thing, but seriously, no one will care. There is no purity in art. The process of how you arrive at something doesn't matter at all. The game is going to be completely original because we made it. If you have access to a tool that will help, there is no reason not to use that tool.

To allow yourself to play with another person is no small risk. It means allowing yourself to be open, to be exposed, to be hurt. It is the human equivalent of the dog rolling on its back — I know you won't hurt me, even though you can. It is the dog putting its mouth around your hand and never biting down. To play requires trust and love.

In my opinion, wounds are like water boiled — they heal best left unwatched.

My dad always says to listen for the pauses when you want to know if someone's hiding something.

If someone tells you there will be trouble, believe them.

All I can say is . . . All I can say is we'll figure it out, I swear. When I read a book, I want you to be reading it at the same time. I want to know what would Amelia think of it. I want you to be mine. I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart, Amy.

Sadie ground pounded a Goomba, one of the mushroom-like creatures that were abundant in Super Mario. "I feel bad for the Goombas."
"They're just henchmen," the boy said.
"But it feels like they've gotten mixed up in something that has nothing to do with them."
"That's the life of a henchman.

Hi," Sam said, without looking at her. "You can watch if you want. I'm going to play until the end of this life."
"That's a good philosophy," Anna said.

I've thought a lot about it. The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken.

In certain seasons,
We may be nourished by
The idea of the carrot
More than the carrot itself.

Because the things we don't have are sadder than the things we have. Because the things we don't have exist in our imaginations, where they are perfect.