Author: Gabrielle Zevin

Cites

• Stephen Dunn (2)
  • IN: In the Age of Love And Chocolate (2013) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Often a sweetness comes as if on loan, stays just long enough to make sense of what it means to be alive, then returns to its dark source. As for me, I don't care where it's been, or what bitter road it's traveled to come so far, to taste so good.
    FROM: Sweetness, (1989), Poem, US
  • IN: In the Age of Love and Chocolate (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Often a sweetness comes as if on loan, stays just long enough to make sense of what it means to be alive, then returns to its dark source. As for me, I don’t care where it’s been, or what bitter road it’s traveled to come so far, to taste so good.
    FROM: "Sweetness", (1987), Poem, US
• Stephen Crane (2)
  • IN: Because it is my blood (2012) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: In the desert, I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter - bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart."
    FROM: "In The Dessert", (1895), Poem, US
  • IN: Because It Is My Blood (2012) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter—bitter,” he answered; “But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.”
    FROM: "In The Desert", (1895), Poem, US
• Britney Spears (1)
  • IN: The Hole We're In (2010) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know that something wasn't right here?
    FROM: ... Baby One More Time, (1998), Song, US
• NULL (1)
  • IN: The Hole We're In (2010) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: ... that ellipsis tells a tale.
    FROM: Rolling Stone, (1999), Article, US
• Rumi (3)
  • IN: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Come on, sweetheart Let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Afghanistan
  • IN: The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Come on, sweetheart Let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Afghanistan
  • IN: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: come on, sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Afghanistan
• Charles Dickens (1)
  • IN: All These Things I've Done (2012) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
    FROM: David Copperfield, (1850), Novel, UK
• Adelaide Crapsey (1)
  • IN: Young Jane Young (2017) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I know Not these my hands And yet I think there was A woman like me once had hands Like these.
    FROM: Amaze, (1915), Poem, US