Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry Quotes

I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.

The words you can't find, you borrow.

There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put on's house keys.

If this were a novel, I'd stop reading right now. I'd throw it across the room.

No one will ever love me that much again.

We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.

The difficulty of living alone is that any mess he makes he is forced to clean up himself.No, the real difficulty of living alone is that no one cares if you are upset.

The easiest way to get old is to be technologically behind...

She doesn't recognize the number—none of her friends use their phones as phones anymore.

You don't choose a book the book chooses you

Every book is a world.

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.

His heart is too full, and no words to release it.

Someday, you may think of marrying. Pick someone who thinks you're the only person in the room.

Why are you crying?""I was reading.

And then, despite the fact that A. J. does not believe in God, he closes his eyes and thanks whomever, the higher power, with all his porcupine heart.

A place is not really a place without a bookstore.

They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?