Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.
Gabrielle ZevinIt is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.
Gabrielle ZevinAsk two people to tell you anything, youโll get two versions. Even easy things like directions, let alone important or semi-controversial topics like why a fight started or what a person was generally like. If you donโt know something for yourself, you just canโt be sure.
Gabrielle ZevinYou know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?
Gabrielle ZevinYou forget all of it anyway. . . You forget who was cool and who was not, who was pretty, smart, athletic, and not. . . You forget all of them. Even the ones you said you loved, and even the ones you actually did. Theyโre the last to go. And then once youโve forgotten enough, you love someone else.
Gabrielle Zevin