On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, strin… - Gabrielle Zevin

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On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that's not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess.

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About Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin (born October 24, 1977) is an author and screenwriter who lives in the USA.

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