Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.
Gabrielle ZevinTag: life advice romance grandmothers boyfriends granddaughters
Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de facto first time. I wanted a better story then: I did it with this boy who i wasn't very into and who had mysterious Gaterade breath; in his room decorated with sports equipment; at least he was nice enough to provide condoms and get his ancient, horny dog to leave us along.
Gabrielle ZevinTag: humor sex amnesiac gabrielle-zevin naomi
It's like when you take a trip with someone you don't know very well. Sometimes, you can get very close very quickly, but then after the trip is over, you realize all that was a false sort of closeness. An intimacy based on the trip more than the travelers.
Gabrielle ZevinTag: inspirational frienship
...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.
Gabrielle ZevinStop saying that! You sound absurd, and I don't even think you mean it. Besides, I'd never marry you," I told him. "I'm sixteen, and you're a slut, and you can't stop saying preposterous things!"
"True," he admitted. He kissed me on the lips and then I closed the door.
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.
Gabrielle ZevinDaddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul.
Gabrielle ZevinThe theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past on the walls of the gym. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Hermione and Ron, Bonnie and Clyde, etc.
Gabrielle ZevinLife used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up.
Gabrielle ZevinI know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know."
"'Lass'? Where did that come from?"
"I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.
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