Quotes for All
Liz looks at the tissue box, which is decorated with drawings of snowmen engaged in various holiday activities. One of the snowmen is happily placing a smiling rack of gingerbread men in an oven. Baking gingerbread men, or any cooking for that matter, is probably close to suicide for a snowman, Liz thinks. Why would … Read more
Speak up,’ says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. ‘My hearing’s not so good.’ ‘I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.’ Liz turns to Thandi. ‘I thought you said you didn’t remember how you got the hole in your head.’ Thandi apologizes. ‘I just remembered.’ ‘Shot in the head!’ Florence-scratchy-voice says. ‘Oy, … Read more
Oh, says Owen, but I would have, you know. I know you would have, says Liz, and knowing you would have is nearly as good. Gabrielle Zevin
I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity. Gabrielle Zevin
Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too. Gabrielle Zevin
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men. Gabrielle Zevin
Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up. Gabrielle Zevin
In a way, whoever you know in a certain place defines that place for you. Gabrielle Zevin
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. Gabrielle Zevin
Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you’re reading an entirely different book. Gabrielle Zevin