Because It Is My Blood Quotes

“Win interrupted me. "Stop," he said. "I love you, too." He paused. "You underestimate me, Annie. I'm not blind to your faults. You keep too many secrets, for one. You lie sometimes. You have trouble saying the things in your heart. You have an awful temper. You hold a grudge. And I'm not saying this one is your fault, but people who know you have a disturbing tendency to end up with bullets in them. You don't have faith in anyone, including me. You think I'm an idiot sometimes. Don't deny it--I can tell. And maybe I was an idiot a year ago, but a lot has happened since then. I'm different, Anya. You used to say I didn't know what love was. But I think I learned what it is. I learned it when I thought I had lost you over the summer. And I learned it when my leg ached something awful. And I learned it when you were gone and I didn't know if I'd ever see you again. And I learned it every night when I'd pray that you were safe even if I never got to see you again. I don't want to marry you. I'm just happy to be near you for a while, and for as long as you'll let me be. Because there's never been anyone else for me but you. There will never be anyone else for me but you. I know this. I do. Annie, my Annie, don't cry..."

(Was I crying? Yes, I suppose I was. But I was still so awfully tired. You can't possibly hold this against me.)

"I know that loving you is going to be hard, Annie. But I love you, come what may.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“Oh yes, it's very tragic. Why does everyone always like love stories? What about absence-of-love stories? Aren't they much more common?”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“The heart is so peculiar. How light and how heavy it can feel at the same time.

How light.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“Theo nodded slowly. "You love Balanchine chocolate like I love cacao."

"I wouldn't say love, Theo."

"No, you speak the truth. Love isn't right. It isn't right for me either. Sometimes I hate cacao." Theo looked at me. "You don't love Balanchine chocolate. You are Balanchine chocolate.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“Everything worth loving in this world is difficult.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“I don't think you can really run away from things. They tend to follow you" -Anya”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“Just because something is a small problem doesn't mean it shouldn't be addressed. Small injustices conceal larger ones" -Anya”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“When we're young we think everything has to be wrapped up in a month. But you should take the long view on this one. Before you make a move, be sure, Anya. And even once you're sure, tread carefully. And remember you don't have to do what they expect you to do" -Charles Delacroix”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“But even a declawed tiger still has teeth..." -Anya”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“Though I hadn't had a stroke like Uncle Yuri, it was still difficult for me to express what was in my heart. I wanted to tell her that I loved her, that she was the most important person in the world to me, that I was truly sorry for having lied to her about Liberty. Instead, I asked her what she wanted for dinner.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood

“There were so many kinds of love. And some of them were forever like the kind I had for Natty and for Leo. And other kinds? Well, you'd be a fool if you tried to guess how long they'd last. But even the ones that weren't necessarily everlasting were not without meaning" -Anya”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Because It Is My Blood