Mell

“When she was forty, would she lament that she hadn't had sex with more people and partied more? But then, she didn't enjoy many people, and she had never gone to a party that she wasn't eager to leave. She hated being drunk, though she did enjoy smoking a joint every now and then. She liked playing games, seeing a foreign movie, a good meal. She liked going to bed early and waking up early. She liked working. She liked that she was good at her work, and she felt proud of the fact that she was well paid for it.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“How about ten words then?” I laugh. “I’d like to see you try.” “I am falling in love with you, Iris Elizabeth Kane.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“If I could only pick one person to be around, one person to know, one person to love, for the rest of my life—I’d choose her.”
― Grace Reilly, First Down

“The alternative to appropriation is a world in which artists only reference their own cultures.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow