Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevinis an American author and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth24 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
moments that-moment ifs
Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.
beautiful thinking kind
It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.
eye thinking people
Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.
deep-thought
It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.
sexy way gentle
He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.
winning leaving black
Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had lent me. "You lost this," he said. I giggled, slightly embarrassed to be leaving bits of myself behind. "I'm shedding.
should-have should
Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.
beautiful mother kissing
My beautiful Win. I wanted to kiss him on every last broken place, but his mother and my lawyer were there. So, instead I started to cry.
world
He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.
i-like-you love-you mean
Liz, I like you very much," he says. "Oh," she says, "I like you very much, too!" Owen is not sure if she means "O" for Owen, or just plan "Oh." He is not sure what difference it would make in either case. He feels the needs to clarify. "When I said 'I like you very much,' I actually meant 'I love you.'" "O," she says, "I actually meant the same thing." She closes the car door behind her. "Well," he says to himself, driving back to his apartment, "isn't that something?
winning thinking knowing
Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I have to reject this guy? Can't he take a hint?' I shook my head. 'But somehow I don't even care. I see you in your red dress, standing by the punch table, and something in me wants to keep trying. I think, she is a person worth knowing.
block believe dont-believe
I don't believe in writer's block.
accepting condemnation said
"I accept your condemnation," I said.
writing grandmother florida
Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.