Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevinis an American author and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth24 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
song sweet littles
It was such a sweet, sad song with such sweet, sad lyrics. Old-fashioned a little, but also timeless.
But then again maybe "I will" is nicer. It has a future in it.
children powerful book
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we are young - the books I read as a child have stayed with me my entire life - and yet, the people who write about books, for the most part, completely ignore children's literature.
people scare whispering
Well, for one, you have to remember not to scream. Once you have their attention, whispering is much more effective. Screaming ghosts scare people, you know
chocolate solve whole
Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.
thinking secret keepers
I don't think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets.
children stories orphan
You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later.
needs loses
It's when you don't need something that you tend to lose it.
school way different
Each period had required me to be a slightly different person, and that was exhausting. I wondered if school had always felt this way and whether it was like this for everone.
book heart stories
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We are not quite novels. The analogy he is looking for is almost there. We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that. In the end, we are collected works.
block believe dont-believe
I don't believe in writer's block.
book sometimes right-time
Sometimes books don't find us until the right time.
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.