All These Things I've Done Quotes

“...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Chocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana."
"It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“I shouldn't have done that," I said.

That was when I kissed him again.

May God forgive me for this and all these things I've done.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I have to reject this guy? Can't he take a hint?'

I shook my head.

'But somehow I don't even care. I see you in your red dress, standing by the punch table, and something in me wants to keep trying. I think, she is a person worth knowing.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“My brain said no.

But my heart!”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“The theme of the dance was "Great Romances," or some such nonsense. There were projections of supposedly great couples from the past on the walls of the gym. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Hermione and Ron, Bonnie and Clyde, etc.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Stop saying that! You sound absurd, and I don't even think you mean it. Besides, I'd never marry you," I told him. "I'm sixteen, and you're a slut, and you can't stop saying preposterous things!"
"True," he admitted. He kissed me on the lips and then I closed the door.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“I told him I didn't want to have sex until I got married. Without missing a beat, he nodded and said, "So let's get married.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know."

"'Lass'? Where did that come from?"

"I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“I don't think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“You can either be a bystander who lives his life in reaction to the decisions that others make, or you can be the leader who is making those decisions.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for conseqences.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Why are you here?" I asked him.
"That's an awfully big question, Anya."
"No, I meant here outside this office. What did you do wrong?"

"Multiple choice," he said. "(a) A few pointed comments I made in Theology. (b) Headmaster wants to have a chat with the new kid about wearing hats in school. (c) My schedule. I'm just too darn smart for my classes. (d) My eyewitness account of the girl who poured lasagna over her boyfriend's head. (e.) Headmaster's leaving her husband and wants to run away with me. (f) None of the above. (g) All of the above."

"Ex-boyfriend," I mumbled.
"Good to know," he said.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Why are the cute ones always such sociopaths?"
"Win doesn't seem like so much of a sociopath," I replied without thinking.
"Oh, really? So, you think he's cute, do you? At least you're admitting it now."
I shook my head. Scarlet was incorrigible.
"Admitting it is the first step, Annie.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Why'd you give him all that stuff after he tried to rob me?"
"Because he was less fortunate than us, Natty. And Daddy always said that we have to be mindful of those who are less fortunate."
"But Daddy killed people, didn't he?"
"Yes," I admitted. "Daddy was complex.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Tragedy is when someone ends up dead.
Everything else is just a bump in the road.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“All of these teeth had once been in real, live people. They had talked and smiled and eaten and sang and cursed and prayed. They had brushed and flossed and died. In English class, we read poems about death, but here, right in front of me was a poem about death too.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done

“Violence should not always beget more violence.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, All These Things I've Done