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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I’d thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow.”

201. “And I was crying for gravity. It had sent me down the stairs, and I’d thought that meant something, but maybe it was just the direction that all things tend to flow.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “A bromide about the creative process is that an artist’s first idea is usually the best one.”

202. “A bromide about the creative process is that an artist’s first idea is usually the best one.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “That Woman is in love with her own grief.”

203. “That Woman is in love with her own grief.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “The way he saw it, he would be proposing to Sadie. He would be getting down on one knee and saying, “Will you work with me? Will you give me your time, and will you trust my hunch that this time will be well spent? Will you believe that we could make great things together?” For all his natural arrogance, he did not assume that she would say yes.”

204. “The way he saw it, he would be proposing to Sadie. He would be getting down on one knee and saying, “Will you work with me? Will you give me your time, and will you trust my hunch that this time will be well spent? Will you believe that we could make great things together?” For all his natural arrogance, he did not assume that she would say yes.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “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.”

205. “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.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Bookstores attract the right kind of folk.”

206. “Bookstores attract the right kind of folk.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Intimacy doesn’t have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.”

207. “Intimacy doesn’t have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “What is the point of bad dates if not to have amusing anecdotes for your friends?”

208. “What is the point of bad dates if not to have amusing anecdotes for your friends?”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “If you’re honest with yourself, one of the reasons you moved into an off-campus apartment and didn’t get any roommates is because you hoped something like this would happen. You set the stage, and you knew the player wouldn’t be able to resist the call of the theater.”

209. “If you’re honest with yourself, one of the reasons you moved into an off-campus apartment and didn’t get any roommates is because you hoped something like this would happen. You set the stage, and you knew the player wouldn’t be able to resist the call of the theater.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.”

210. “It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “He was so handsome. I nearly wanted to swoon. The word swoon had never even popped into my head before I saw him that night, let alone as something that I might do.”

211. “He was so handsome. I nearly wanted to swoon. The word swoon had never even popped into my head before I saw him that night, let alone as something that I might do.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I don’t think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets.”

212. “I don’t think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Her mother likes to say that novels have ruined Amelia for real men.”

213. “Her mother likes to say that novels have ruined Amelia for real men.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.”

214. “He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “He doesn’t believe in “the one.” There are zillions of people in the world; no one is that special.”

215. “He doesn’t believe in “the one.” There are zillions of people in the world; no one is that special.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “When Sam had described the relationship between Marx and his father, he had said it was fraught, that Watanabe-san was demanding and sometimes even demeaning to Marx. Sadie saw no evidence of that. She found Marx’s father to be bright, interesting, and engaged. Other people’s parents are often a delight.”

216. “When Sam had described the relationship between Marx and his father, he had said it was fraught, that Watanabe-san was demanding and sometimes even demeaning to Marx. Sadie saw no evidence of that. She found Marx’s father to be bright, interesting, and engaged. Other people’s parents are often a delight.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “In truth, she hadn’t put much thought into whether she was happy before. She supposes that since she never thought about it, she must have been happy. People who are happy don’t really need to ask themselves if they are happy or not, do they? They just are happy, she thinks.”

217. “In truth, she hadn’t put much thought into whether she was happy before. She supposes that since she never thought about it, she must have been happy. People who are happy don’t really need to ask themselves if they are happy or not, do they? They just are happy, she thinks.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “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.”

218. “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.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “A Trip to the Beach By Maya Tamerlane Fikry Teacher: Edward Balboni, Alicetown High School Grade 9.”

219. “A Trip to the Beach By Maya Tamerlane Fikry Teacher: Edward Balboni, Alicetown High School Grade 9.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Marx was fortunate because he saw everything as if it were a fortuitous bounty.”

220. “Marx was fortunate because he saw everything as if it were a fortuitous bounty.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “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.”

221. “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.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Throughout his life, Sam had hated being told to ‘fight,’ as if sickness were a character failing. Illness could not be defeated, no matter how hard you fought, and pain, once it had you in its grasp, was transformational.”

222. “Throughout his life, Sam had hated being told to ‘fight,’ as if sickness were a character failing. Illness could not be defeated, no matter how hard you fought, and pain, once it had you in its grasp, was transformational.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “It’s sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.”

223. “It’s sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “The store is fifteen Mayas wide and twenty Mayas long. She knows this because she once spent an afternoon measuring it by lying her body across the room. It is fortunate that it is not more than thirty Mayas long because that is as far as she could count on the day the measurements were taken.”

224. “The store is fifteen Mayas wide and twenty Mayas long. She knows this because she once spent an afternoon measuring it by lying her body across the room. It is fortunate that it is not more than thirty Mayas long because that is as far as she could count on the day the measurements were taken.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “On Earth, Liz was constantly occupied with studying and finding a college and a career and all those other things that the adults in her life deemed terribly important. Since she had died, everything she was doing on Earth had seemed entirely meaningless. From Liz’s point of view, the question of what her life would be was now definitively answered. The story of her life is short and pointless: There once was a girl who got hit by a car and died. The end.”

225. “On Earth, Liz was constantly occupied with studying and finding a college and a career and all those other things that the adults in her life deemed terribly important. Since she had died, everything she was doing on Earth had seemed entirely meaningless. From Liz’s point of view, the question of what her life would be was now definitively answered. The story of her life is short and pointless: There once was a girl who got hit by a car and died. The end.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.”

226. “Daddy always said you only explained things to the people that actually mattered.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “She had resisted returning there because to return to one’s hometown felt like surrender.”

227. “She had resisted returning there because to return to one’s hometown felt like surrender.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “In reading Twain, I often suspect he is having more fun than I am.”

228. “In reading Twain, I often suspect he is having more fun than I am.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Embeth looked at the return address. It was from her most faithful friend, Shipment Fulfillment Center.”

229. “Embeth looked at the return address. It was from her most faithful friend, Shipment Fulfillment Center.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.”

230. “My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather?”

231. “I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather?”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Friendship is friendship, and charity is charity... the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend.”

232. “Friendship is friendship, and charity is charity... the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “If Jenny were a book, she would be a paperback just out of the box – no dog ears, no waterlogging, no creases in her spine.”

233. “If Jenny were a book, she would be a paperback just out of the box – no dog ears, no waterlogging, no creases in her spine.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “An “online presence” is “all the true things and all the lies about a person on the Internet.”

234. “An “online presence” is “all the true things and all the lies about a person on the Internet.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “On the ferry from Hyannis to Alice Island, Amelia Loman paints her nails.”

235. “On the ferry from Hyannis to Alice Island, Amelia Loman paints her nails.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Promise me you’ll always forgive me, and I promise I’ll always forgive you.” These, of course, are the kinds of vows young people feel comfortable making when they have no idea what life has in store for them.”

236. “Promise me you’ll always forgive me, and I promise I’ll always forgive you.” These, of course, are the kinds of vows young people feel comfortable making when they have no idea what life has in store for them.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.”

237. “When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “There ain’t nobody in the world like book people. It’s a business of gentlemen and gentlewomen.”

238. “There ain’t nobody in the world like book people. It’s a business of gentlemen and gentlewomen.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That’s basically the highest compliment I can give.”

239. “Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That’s basically the highest compliment I can give.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I do not believe in God. I have no religion. But this to me is as close to a church as I have known in this life. It is a holy place. With bookstores like this, I feel confident in saying that there will be a book business for a very long time.”

240. “I do not believe in God. I have no religion. But this to me is as close to a church as I have known in this life. It is a holy place. With bookstores like this, I feel confident in saying that there will be a book business for a very long time.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “From Nic’s point of view, her older sister had been a primer on how not to live her life.”

241. “From Nic’s point of view, her older sister had been a primer on how not to live her life.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Babies move more than books and aren’t as conveniently shaped.”

242. “Babies move more than books and aren’t as conveniently shaped.”

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

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

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Daddy once said, “If you don’t know what you believe, Annie, you’ll be a lost soul.”

244. “Daddy once said, “If you don’t know what you believe, Annie, you’ll be a lost soul.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “A programmer is a diviner of possible outcomes, and a seer of unseen worlds.”

245. “A programmer is a diviner of possible outcomes, and a seer of unseen worlds.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “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.”

246. “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.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “How quickly you go from being the youngest to the oldest person in a room, she thought.”

247. “How quickly you go from being the youngest to the oldest person in a room, she thought.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “The problem with meeting new people is not that you might not like them, but that you will like them too much.”

248. “The problem with meeting new people is not that you might not like them, but that you will like them too much.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “My point is, it’s tempting,” she said. “It is certainly tempting to continue on with something because it has already begun.”

249. “My point is, it’s tempting,” she said. “It is certainly tempting to continue on with something because it has already begun.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Maybe it was the willingness to play that hinted at a tender, eternally newborn part in all humans. Maybe it was the willingness to play that kept one from despair.”

250. “Maybe it was the willingness to play that hinted at a tender, eternally newborn part in all humans. Maybe it was the willingness to play that kept one from despair.”

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