Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?
Gabrielle ZevinThere's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive.
Gabrielle ZevinIntimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.
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