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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.”

251. “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.”

252. “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.”

253. “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: “How I will miss the horses.”

254. “How I will miss the horses.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I like all weddings, but isn’t it particularly lovely when two grown-ups decide to get married?”

255. “I like all weddings, but isn’t it particularly lovely when two grown-ups decide to get married?”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “A good game, like Ichigo, was hard, but fair. The “unfair game” was life itself.”

256. “A good game, like Ichigo, was hard, but fair. The “unfair game” was life itself.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I thought of summer as the living time; the rest of the year was the backward time, the writing time.”

257. “I thought of summer as the living time; the rest of the year was the backward time, the writing time.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “So, I do want to be rich and famous. I am, as you know, a bottomless pit of ambition and need. But I also want to make something sweet. Something kids like us would have wanted to play to forget their troubles for a while.”

258. “So, I do want to be rich and famous. I am, as you know, a bottomless pit of ambition and need. But I also want to make something sweet. Something kids like us would have wanted to play to forget their troubles for a while.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Remember that a fine education can be found in places other than the usual.”

259. “Remember that a fine education can be found in places other than the usual.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “As he said to Sam, “If I’ve done the work in the scenes before I die, if I’ve made a real impression, they’ll feel me in the scenes I’m not in anyway.”

260. “As he said to Sam, “If I’ve done the work in the scenes before I die, if I’ve made a real impression, they’ll feel me in the scenes I’m not in anyway.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature.”

261. “Imagine getting to be one of those people who actually gets paid to talk about literature.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “The first way Maya approaches a book is to smell it.”

262. “The first way Maya approaches a book is to smell it.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “It’s when you don’t need something that you tend to lose it.”

263. “It’s when you don’t need something that you tend to lose it.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “She could feel herself forgetting all the details of Marx – the sound of his voice, the feeling of his fingers and the way they gestured, his precise temperature, his scent on clothing, the way he looked walking away, or running up a flight of stairs. Eventually, Sadie imagined that Marx would be reduced to a single image: just a man standing under a torii gate, holding his hat in his hands, waiting for her.”

264. “She could feel herself forgetting all the details of Marx – the sound of his voice, the feeling of his fingers and the way they gestured, his precise temperature, his scent on clothing, the way he looked walking away, or running up a flight of stairs. Eventually, Sadie imagined that Marx would be reduced to a single image: just a man standing under a torii gate, holding his hat in his hands, waiting for her.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “But it is worth noting that to be good at something is not quite the same as loving it.”

265. “But it is worth noting that to be good at something is not quite the same as loving it.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “She could remember the sensation of flying through the air, which seemed to last an eternity. She could remember feeling reckless, happy, and doomed, all at the same time. She could remember thinking, I am above gravity.”

266. “She could remember the sensation of flying through the air, which seemed to last an eternity. She could remember feeling reckless, happy, and doomed, all at the same time. She could remember thinking, I am above gravity.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I met a travler from an ancient land.”

267. “I met a travler from an ancient land.”

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

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

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Maya has chosen to be ring bearer because the job has more responsibility than flower girl. “If you lose a flower, you get another flower,” Maya reasons. “If you lose the ring, everyone is sad forever.”

269. “Maya has chosen to be ring bearer because the job has more responsibility than flower girl. “If you lose a flower, you get another flower,” Maya reasons. “If you lose the ring, everyone is sad forever.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Sometimes, I would be in so much pain. The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while – better than perfectly, actually – with a set of problems that were not my own.”

270. “Sometimes, I would be in so much pain. The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while – better than perfectly, actually – with a set of problems that were not my own.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “He was like a bright, warm light over everything in her life. She felt lit up, turned on. There was no one better to talk to about games. Yes, she loved him, but she also liked him. She liked herself when she was with him.”

271. “He was like a bright, warm light over everything in her life. She felt lit up, turned on. There was no one better to talk to about games. Yes, she loved him, but she also liked him. She liked herself when she was with him.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I do not know much about boys, but I think superior research skills would be a Very Good Thing to have in a boyfriend.”

272. “I do not know much about boys, but I think superior research skills would be a Very Good Thing to have in a boyfriend.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I thought you were worried I was going to die,” Sam said. “No. You’ll never die. And if you ever died, I’d just start the game again,” Sadie said. “Sam’s dead. Put another quarter in the machine.” “Go back to the save point. Keep playing, and we’ll win eventually.”

273. “I thought you were worried I was going to die,” Sam said. “No. You’ll never die. And if you ever died, I’d just start the game again,” Sadie said. “Sam’s dead. Put another quarter in the machine.” “Go back to the save point. Keep playing, and we’ll win eventually.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “It is lucky, she thinks, that we don’t feel all the love inside us every moment.”

274. “It is lucky, she thinks, that we don’t feel all the love inside us every moment.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it’s a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.”

275. “You go back to work. You take advantage of the quiet time that a failure allows you. You remind yourself that no one is paying any attention to you and it’s a perfect time for you to sit down in front of your computer and make another game. You try again. You fail better.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “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.”

276. “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.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I do believe that food lobbies exert enormous, at times insidious, power over what we eat, that our water supplies are not being protected as much as they probably should be and that, in general, people are more interested in smart phones than museums.”

277. “I do believe that food lobbies exert enormous, at times insidious, power over what we eat, that our water supplies are not being protected as much as they probably should be and that, in general, people are more interested in smart phones than museums.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “He loved the intimacy of being in a tight group of people who had come together, miraculously, for a brief period in time, for the purpose of making art.”

278. “He loved the intimacy of being in a tight group of people who had come together, miraculously, for a brief period in time, for the purpose of making art.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too much. I haven’t wanted to read one yet, though.”

279. “But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too much. I haven’t wanted to read one yet, though.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I longed for Mum in the most primitive way.”

280. “I longed for Mum in the most primitive way.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Just because something is a small problem doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be addressed. Small injustices conceal larger ones” -Anya.”

281. “Just because something is a small problem doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be addressed. Small injustices conceal larger ones” -Anya.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Sammy, we were together. You must know that. When I’m honest with myself, the most important parts of me were yours.”

282. “Sammy, we were together. You must know that. When I’m honest with myself, the most important parts of me were yours.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “At a certain age – in Sadie’s case, thirty-four – there comes a time when life largely consists of having meals with old friends who are passing through town.”

283. “At a certain age – in Sadie’s case, thirty-four – there comes a time when life largely consists of having meals with old friends who are passing through town.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Janine smiles. “Strike the second sentence. Reader will know. Show, don’t tell.”

284. “Janine smiles. “Strike the second sentence. Reader will know. Show, don’t tell.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I’m always seeing the world with magic eyes,” he said. “I’m exploding with childish wonder.”

285. “I’m always seeing the world with magic eyes,” he said. “I’m exploding with childish wonder.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I have a pain that exists only in my head,” she said, once some of her vitality had been restored. “I have had it my whole life. But when I feel that pain, I am incapacitated by it, and I am certain that I can’t go on.”

286. “I have a pain that exists only in my head,” she said, once some of her vitality had been restored. “I have had it my whole life. But when I feel that pain, I am incapacitated by it, and I am certain that I can’t go on.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “It is time for you to set your house in order.”

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

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.”

288. “I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “But for Marx, the world was like a breakfast at a five-star hotel in an Asian country – the abundance of it was almost overwhelming. Who wouldn’t want a pineapple smoothie, a roast pork bun, an omelet, pickled vegetables, sushi, and a green-tea-flavored croissant? They were all there for the taking and delicious, in their own way.”

289. “But for Marx, the world was like a breakfast at a five-star hotel in an Asian country – the abundance of it was almost overwhelming. Who wouldn’t want a pineapple smoothie, a roast pork bun, an omelet, pickled vegetables, sushi, and a green-tea-flavored croissant? They were all there for the taking and delicious, in their own way.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.”

290. “No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “What I think you should consider... is the rarity of finding a playmate.”

291. “What I think you should consider... is the rarity of finding a playmate.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “If this were a novel, I’d stop reading right now. I’d throw it across the room.”

292. “If this were a novel, I’d stop reading right now. I’d throw it across the room.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Video Games Conquered Pop Culture, by Harold Goldberg;.”

293. “All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Video Games Conquered Pop Culture, by Harold Goldberg;.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “But jackets are the redheaded stepchildren of book publishing. We blame them for everything.”

294. “But jackets are the redheaded stepchildren of book publishing. We blame them for everything.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Sam was her friend, but “friend” was a broad category, wasn’t it? “Friend” was a word that was overused to the point that it had no meaning at all.”

295. “Sam was her friend, but “friend” was a broad category, wasn’t it? “Friend” was a word that was overused to the point that it had no meaning at all.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities.”

296. “There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “You wouldn’t be abandoning me if you stopped to get a Band-Aid, you know.”

297. “You wouldn’t be abandoning me if you stopped to get a Band-Aid, you know.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “Amelia’s mother had died two years ago, and though their relationship had been challenging at times, she misses her with an unexpected ferocity. For instance, until her death, her mother had sent her new underwear in the mail every other month. Amelia had not once had to buy underwear her whole life. Recently, she had found herself standing in the lingerie department at TJ Maxx, and as she went through the panty bin, she had begun to cry: No one will ever love me that much again.”

298. “Amelia’s mother had died two years ago, and though their relationship had been challenging at times, she misses her with an unexpected ferocity. For instance, until her death, her mother had sent her new underwear in the mail every other month. Amelia had not once had to buy underwear her whole life. Recently, she had found herself standing in the lingerie department at TJ Maxx, and as she went through the panty bin, she had begun to cry: No one will ever love me that much again.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “And as much as a person might try to shield herself from it, the possibility for the other outcome was always there. We are all living, at most, half of a life, she thought. There was the life that you lived, which consisted of the choices you made. And then, there was the other life, the one that was the things you hadn’t chosen. And sometimes, this other life felt as palpable as the.”

299. “And as much as a person might try to shield herself from it, the possibility for the other outcome was always there. We are all living, at most, half of a life, she thought. There was the life that you lived, which consisted of the choices you made. And then, there was the other life, the one that was the things you hadn’t chosen. And sometimes, this other life felt as palpable as the.”

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Gabrielle Zevin Quote: “There must be more to life than working and swimming and playing Go.” “The boredom you speak of,” Alabaster said. “It is what most of us call happiness.”

300. “There must be more to life than working and swimming and playing Go.” “The boredom you speak of,” Alabaster said. “It is what most of us call happiness.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

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