Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin

This is what time travel is. It’s looking at a person, and seeing them in the present and the past, concurrently. And that mode of transport only worked with those one had known a significant time.

it is worth noting that to be good at something is not quite the same as loving it.”

(1) all things were knowable by anyone, and (2) anything was fixable if you took the time to figure out what was broken.

“When you have children, you’ll never be able to worry about a friend as much again,”

This is just not true

“I thought you were worried I was going to die,” Sam said. “No. You’ll never die. And if you ever died, I’d just start the game again,”

“The good news is that the pain is in your head.” But I am in my head,

He was happiest when he did not have to think about his body—when he could forget that he had a body at all.

“And that’s Gandalfus,” Sadie said, joining in. “The three stars represent the wizard’s hat.” “And there’s Frodus and Bilbus Bagginsus,” Marx said. “And Smeagolous looks like a ring,”

You know what says, Get ready for a great time gaming? A cover with a footnote,”

The best colors of Sadie are not her darkness.”

“What’s Torschlusspanik?” Sam said. “It means ‘gate-shut panic,’ ” Simon said. “It’s the fear that time is running out and that you’re going to miss an opportunity. Literally, the gate is closing, and you’ll never get in.”

‘Zweisamkeit’ is the feeling of being alone even when you’re with other people.”

You are American, Japanese, Korean, and by being all of those things, you are not truly any of those things.

“Now, you’ll pour me a glass of wine, and we can have a cigarette, too, and you can tell me the story of your life,” Alabaster said. “I’m pregnant,” Emily said. “Wait until we’ve decanted to begin the storytelling, if you don’t mind.”

Your prescription is incorrect. I question if these glasses could have possibly been made for you. They seem as if they came from a menu of preset, aesthetic options, and glasses should never be obtained this way.

“Is time different here?” “I think you know that it is.” “Give me a couple of days—” “Whatever days are.”

To build a world for someone seems a romantic thing from where I stand.”