Quotes From "All These Things Ive Done" By Gabrielle Zevin

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All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed and prayed. They had brushed and flossed and died. In English class, we read poems about death, but here, right in front of me was a poem about death too. Gabrielle Zevin
There's a difference between being alive and living.
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There's a difference between being alive and living. Gabrielle Zevin
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My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. Gabrielle Zevin
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...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them. Gabrielle Zevin
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Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for conseqences. Gabrielle Zevin
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On the board, Mr. Beery had written "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it." I wasn't sure if this was meant to be inspirational, thematic, or a joke about making sure to study. Gabrielle Zevin
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Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say. Gabrielle Zevin
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Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. Gabrielle Zevin
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Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up. Gabrielle Zevin
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I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. Gabrielle Zevin