We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.


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No happiness in the writer, no happiness in the reader.
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I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine?
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
His heart is too full, and no words to release it.
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, g...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
Let's read as if books were to disappear tomorrow!
GABRIELLE DUBOIS
They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
It hit me like a ton of bricks,
GABRIELLE MURPHY
Why do we do so few when we can do so much?
GABRIELLE DUBOIS
The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely ...
SIDONIE GABRIELLE
There are no ordinary cats.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE
I love nudity. I'm always nude. When I was a little girl my mother would always have to dress me bec...
GABRIELLE RICHENS
In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly t...
SIDONIE GABRIELLE
In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still op...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books h...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned-the dates of the Hay-Herran Tr...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
To begin your commitment to new perceptions, start by paying attention to attack thoughts toward you...
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Miracle Message #30: If my environment dictates my mood, then my life will feel like a roller coaste...
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
I choose to reinterpret my fears with a more loving perspective. #MiraclesNow
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Forgiveness tears down the ego’s walls of separation and reunites us as one. The anger and fear of...
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Whenever you notice your thoughts detour into attack mode, say out loud or to yourself: Happiness is...
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Miracle Message #16: “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” — Dr. ...
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
So much of what holds us back in life are the long-held resentments stemming from childhood.
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the pr...
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
A place is not really a place without a bookstore.
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
...lies can sound awfully pretty when a girl is in love with the person telling them.
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
I was just thinking... isn't it lucky that we decided to become co-editors? If one takes a blow to t...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resembl...
GABRIELLE HAMILTON
I am often slow in catching up to the times, but even so, I still cannot even grip this idea: With n...
GABRIELLE HAMILTON
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE
Give me a dozen such heartbreaks, if that would help me lose a couple of pounds
SIDONIE GABRIELLE
In this world, to be overly literal is a profound weakness.
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
On a regular basis I go over in my mind some of the most troublesome things I see about how people a...
GABRIELLE REECE
You slam the bottom and either walk away or suck it up and get through it.
GABRIELLE REECE
Writing a main character is very important to me. Because each time I create one, it feels like anot...
B.A. GABRIELLE
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling....
GABRIELLE REECE
I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are c...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and sk...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
Because you believed
In yourself
Your tiny self

Because you knew
There is...
GABRIELLE PRENDERGAST
Stay calm and aggressive.
GABRIELLE REECE
I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get ...
GABRIELLE REECE
Happy be the reader plunged into her book who forgot the world and whom world forgot.
GABRIELLE DUBOIS
The Congresswoman was depressed by the fact that a woman of her standing could no longer count on ma...
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
That's because a woman's hormones have a profound effect on everything that impacts her wedding - he...
GABRIELLE LICHTERMAN
The morning is when a man's testosterone peaks in his 24-hour hormone cycle. And Day 13 is when test...
GABRIELLE LICHTERMAN
Either way, we view this as a positive, as this business will either be turned around or disposed of...
GABRIELLE KIVITZ
We are encouraged by the better-than-expected (comparable-store sales) ... but we note that high pro...
GABRIELLE KIVITZ
There's obviously a lot of opportunity in Asia. It helps their global presence, but is not going to ...
GABRIELLE KIVITZ
It's a smart decision to franchise if you want to grow a brand globally. It's especially hard for an...
GABRIELLE KIVITZ