Rainbow Rowell Quotes

If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?

Well, ” she said. “I’m frustrated.”“Don’t make me angry-kiss you.”“Give me the laundry.”“Tempers rising, faces flushed … This is how it happens.

There's no reason to think we're going to stop loving each other, ' he said. 'And there's every reason to think that we won't.

I'm ending this.''No. Come on. It's not worth it.''You are, ' he said fiercely, looking at her.'You're worth it.

Parfois, écrire se rapproche de la chute libre : vos doigts s'agitent sur le clavier comme vos jambes dans le vide.

When I’m writing my own stuff, it’s like swimming upstream. Or … falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to invent the branches as I fall.

He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it anyway, in dreams and lies and broken-down déjà vu.

I can't believe there's a part of you that grows when you need it. You're like a mutant.""I'm a vampire, " Baz says, "and can you hear yourself?

She thought of ... the way he never made made her feel crazy, even when she was acting crazy, and never made her feel like a failure, even when she was failing.

She's all brute force and '90s clichés.

If it tries to take you, " Wren said, "I wont' let go.

And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands?

The world turned itself into a better place around him.

Park stood up when she got to their row, and as soon as she sat down, he took her hand and kissed it. It happened so fast, she didn't have time to die of ecstasy or embarrassment.

... Whenever Eleanor felt nervous or scared, she told herself to be happy instead. (It didn’t really make her feel better, but it kept her from feeling worse …)

I love you. I love you both so much.""To the moon and back?" Alice asked."Oh my God, " Georgie said, "so much farther.

You were the sun, and I was crashing into you

Eleanor hated it when her mom acted like that. Relentlessly submissive. It was humiliatng to be in the same room.

Not this in-between thing that Levi had, where his brain could catch the words but couldn't hold on to them.

Words are very powerful, " Miss Possibelf said, stepping lightly between the rows of desk. "And they take on more power the more they're spok

Because all her feelings for him – hot and beautiful in her heart – turned to gobbledygook in her mouth.

Eleanor let his words hit her full on.

Seriously, why aren't you on drugs?" Cath walked past her out of the room."Are you a licensed psychiatrist? Or do you just play one on TV?""I'm on drugs, " Reagan said. "They're a beautiful thing.

She could have just told him about the magic phone. Full disclosure. Then they could have solved it together. They could have Sherlocked and Watsoned from both ends of the timeline

Neal huffed. Frustrated. "I hate that you thought I wouldn't call--I hate that everything is so tentative between us right now. When did everything get so tentative?

And in those moments, Park thought about pulling back from her."Not breaking up with her. That phrase didn't even seem to apply here. Just . . . erasing away. Recovering the six inches between them

I'm sorry about yesterday, " she said.He hung on to his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens.

I'm sorry Penelope." "Don't waste my time with sorries, Simon.If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other's toes, we'll never have time to be friends.

If this was just a dream she wished she could have it every night. Neal not quite whispering sweet somethings into her ear.

Some people count sheep. I self-loathe.

She kept forcing herself to remember the entire conversation, playing it back and playing it back, all the way through, forcing a finger down her memory's throat.

A little manic was okay. A little manic paid the bills and got him up in the morning, made him magic when he needed it most.

Just because it had happened before didn’t mean it wasn’t serious. It didn’t mean he didn’t need them.

You are very kind, " he said. "Very wrong, but very kind.

Because, he says, it hurts to think about things that you can't have or help. S'better not to think about it.

Eleanor had never thought about killing herself – ever – but she thought a lot about stopping.

I'm extra-good at wanting things. I want things until I feel sort of sick about them. I want enough for two normal people, at least.

She could have just told him about the magic phone. Full disclosure. Then they could have solved it together. They could have Sherlocked and Watsoned from both endsof the timeline.

I'm interested. It's like you've got all these weird barriers set up, like you only want me to have access to this tiny part of you…

If he were to look up at her now, he’d know exactly how stupid she was. She couldfeel her face go soft and gummy. If Park were to look up at her now, he’d know everything.

No", she said, "I know that you don't like me.""You don't know anything.

This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight -- and Levi can't even read.

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

How could it be possible that there were that many nerve endings all in one place?

I can’t help but think, ’ Park would say during taekwando. ‘I can’t turn off my brain.

He's mad at me.""For what?""For not being like him."Eleanor looked dubious. "Has he been mad at you for the last sixteen years?""Basically.

You looked like the girl I loved.

Kids took a fathomless amount of time and energy...And they took it first. They had right of first refusal on everything you had to offer. p220

He was probably being so quiet because he was trying not to say it out loud.

They still didn’t talk on the bus, but it had become a less confrontational silence. Almost friendly. (But not quite.)