Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.
Gabrielle ZevinPeople are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.
Gabrielle ZevinIt was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.
Gabrielle ZevinThe casualities seemed to go on and on. Just when I thought I was done losing her, I would find yet another way to love her all over again.
Gabrielle ZevinBut in my defense, I knew enough about her to know I wanted to know everything else; I knew as much about her as she wanted me to know; I knew as much about her as anyone ever knows about anyone. And isn't love just curiosity at the beginning anyway?
Gabrielle ZevinThere's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches, growing in opposing but perfect symmetry. The branches don't think much about the roots, and maybe the roots don't think much about the branches, but all the time, they're connected by the trunk, you know?
Gabrielle Zevin