Rainbow Rowell Quotes

I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.

Baz. "Have you ever done this before?" Simon. "Yes. No." "Yes or no?" "Yes. Not like this." Baz. "Not with a boy?" Simon. "Not when I really wanted it.

People who fall in love with books never really stop falling.

He always kept me just on the edge of crazy. Feeling like I wanted him too much, which just made me want him more." "That sounds excruciating.

As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people dont talk about race amongst themselves!

You can’t take back texts. If you come off all moody and melancholy in a text, it just sits there in your phone, reminding you of what a drag you are.

But you're so helpless sometimes. It's like watching a kitten with its head trapped in a Kleenex box.

You look so blindingly cute right now, I feel like I need to make a pinhole in a piece of paper just to look at you.

There are other people on the Internet. It's awesome. You get all the benefits of 'other people' without the body odor and the eye contact.

It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys.

My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.

I didn't know love could leave the lights on all the time.

I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it.

Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.

Emergency dance party--go away.

She was tired of being the one who cried.

I really am happy for Kiley. And for you and every other happily married lady. Except for that I'm not happy for you. I kind of want you all to drop dead.

I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad thing doesn't hit you as hard. You can roll with the punch if you see it coming.

I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I have dementia, like I've never heard a phone ring before and I don't know what's supposed to happen next. Hello?

Wasn’t hitting bottom the thing you had to do to knock some sense into yourself? Wasn’t hitting bottom the thing that showed you which way was up?

Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.

I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?

You flirt with everything." She could tell that her eyes were popping-- her eyeballs actually felt cold around the edges. "You flirt with old people and babies and everybody in between.

I dare you to call Ask-A-Nurse and tell them you feel a presence in your womb region.

Levi was smiling. He kicked her chair again.

It's our last chance. No. No, I can't... I, no, I need to believe that it isn't our last chance... Eleanor? Can you hear me? I need you to believe it, too.

It’s not my job to want you or not want you. It’s not my job to earn you.

I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I’m a huge fan of punctuation.

Have you ever seen The Goodbye Girl? Don’t watch it if you still want to enjoy romantic comedies. It makes every movie ever made starring Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock lash itself in shame.

But the explanations fell apart in her hands. Everything true was too hard to write--he was too much to lose. Everything she felt for him was too hot to touch.

..I love your name. I don't want to cheat myself out of a single syllable.

She bent her neck back and kissed him like she never had before. Like she wasn't scared of doing it wrong.

He looked exactly like a rat. Like the human being version of a rat. Like the villain in a Don Bluth movie.

And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours, and what if you decide that you don’t want me? How could you want me like I want you?

That girl--all of them--hated Eleanor before they'd even laid eyes on her. Like they'd been hired to kill her in a past life.

(Because being assaulted with maxi pads is a great way to win friends and influence people.)

But it’s up to us …’ he said softly. ‘It’s up to us not to lose this

I like your glasses,” he said. “I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don’t smile at everyone, because then, when you smile at me.… Cather.

These things end,” she said. “They always end. Nobody marries their first love. First love is just that. First. It’s implied that something else will follow.

That’s because you ooze preemptive leave-me-alone death rays.

Maybe Park had paralyzed her with his ninja magic, his Vulcan handhold, and now he was going to eat her. That would be awesome.

Looks like somebody's got jungle fever.' 'That's not even the right kind of racist.

Then Park reached up and wrapped one of her red curls around his honey finger. "Back to missing you," he said, letting it go.

I just had this feeling about you," she said. "Is that foolish?" "I hope not.

Things she knew now, that she hadn't known two hours ago: Park was covered with skin. Everywhere.

I don't want you to go," Sam said. She was upset. "I don't want this to end like this." "You don't get to choose," Lincoln said. "It's just happening.

I know that people change. I thought... I thought we're going to change together. I thought that's what it meant to be in love.

A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.

Do you feel like he ignores you?" "No. I feel like he doesn't see me.

We're going to listen music in my room.' 'Fine,' his dad said from underneath the sink. 'Just don't get anybody pregnant.