Gabrielle Zevin Quotes

But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

I was walking along somewhere in the Maldives and there were West Ham fans there. It's crazy.

I was not expecting Linda Hamilton to be there auditioning with me. I never would've imagined that. I didn't recognize her. We went into a room with four people, and the scene was really emotional. She held my hand and hugged me. She was so loving.

Chance is a second master.

Once I opened up a fortune cookie and inside was the guy's cheque next to me I said hey buddy I got your cheque he said thanks.

I went to Clive Davis' Grammy party, and I nearly spontaneously combusted because everyone on my iPod was there!

Chance ... must be something more than the name we give to our ignorance.

Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything.

I had just settled Grandma on her folding chair and popped open our box lunch when the corpse floated by.

Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who'd nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed, for it seemed he was headed straight for my table. He pulled off his helmet and a mass of dark auburn hair spilled out. Off came the goggles, and I was looking at the beaming face of Kate de Vries.

Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.

A second later, when he looked up at me, we were face to face, and again, even under these circumstances, I was struck by how good looking he was, in that accidental, doesn't-even-know-it kind of way. Which only made it worse. Or better. Or whatever. "Yup", he said, as if there'd been any doubt, "you're in there, all right." "I was warned, too,"I told him, as he stood up. "I just saw that sculpture, and I got distracted." "The sculpture?" He looked at it, then at me. "Oh, right. Because you know it.

Always assume that a lucky hit will not be repeated.

So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.

It is an ill thing to meet a man you thought dead in the woodland at dusk.

How did you find me here? If I was blind, I would see you. Stay with me. Forever. That's the whole point. I'll never leave. Not even if you kill me.

And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to and end; but that was not to be.

I was walking down the street. something caught my eye, and dragged it fifteen feet.

The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny and that's why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

Life is a rotten lottery.

Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead.

One wild card was yet to be played.

I've traveled all over the world for the Institute, but I never dreamed I'd meet someone like you." "Strong?" A chuckle escaped her. "Yes." "Handsome?" "Of course." "Sharp of wit and skilled with a sword?" "Absolutely." An other chuckle. "But I mean a man… friend… guy. Oh, I don't know what to call you!" He savored her amusement—and her earnest words. "Just call me yours. That is all I want to be." (Ashlyn and Maddox)