“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
— Rainbow Rowell“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
— Rainbow Rowell“You were the sun, and I was crashing into you.”
— Rainbow Rowell“My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.”
— Rainbow Rowell“It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys.”
— Rainbow Rowell“Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.”
— Rainbow Rowell“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.”
— Rainbow Rowell“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.”
— Rainbow Rowell“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.”
— Rainbow Rowell“The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.”
— Rainbow Rowell“What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess.He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- And you like that?I love it. He saysWhy?Because we match.”
— Rainbow Rowell“Every woman wants a man who'll fall in love with her soul as well as her body.”
— Rainbow Rowell“I just meant that … I want to be the person who ever kisses you, too.… That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I’m trying to say is, you’re it. is it for me.”
— Rainbow Rowell