--- title: "8 Lincoln Quotes By Rainbow Rowell" description: "8 Lincoln quotes by Rainbow Rowell. Plus more from Rainbow Rowell and more Lincoln sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/rainbow-rowell-135_lincoln_lincoln-quickly-looked-up-from-the-floor_462322.jpg" --- > [“Lincoln quickly looked up from the floor. His mother was already looking down at him like she’d just confronted him with damning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/lincoln-quickly-looked-up-from-the-floor-his-mother-was-already/) [rainbow rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/rainbow-rowell-135_lincoln_lincoln-quickly-looked-up-from-the-floor_462322.jpg) > [“Are the computers going to fail?” one of the artists asked him, licking ketchup off her thumb. She asked it like she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/are-the-computers-going-to-fail-one-of-the-artists-asked-him-licking/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/rainbow-rowell-135_art_are-the-computers-going-to-fail-one-of-t_592439.jpg) > [“You don't get to choose," Lincoln said. "It's just happening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/you-don-t-get-to-choose-lincoln-said-it-s-just-happening/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/rainbow-rowell-135_attachments_you-don-t-get-to-choose-lincoln-said-it_1091643.jpg) > [“She was throwing stars at him. It was hard to listen. It was hard to look at her. He still felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/she-was-throwing-stars-at-him-it-was-hard-to-listen-it-was-hard-to/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/rainbow-rowell-135_believe-in-love_she-was-throwing-stars-at-him-it-was-har_1151020.jpg) > [“¿No lo notas, Lincoln? Como si todo estuviera cambiando?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/no-lo-notas-lincoln-como-si-todo-estuviera-cambiando/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/rainbow-rowell-135_quote_no-lo-notas-lincoln-como-si-todo-estuvie_1297373.jpg) > [“Lincoln had pictured himself building firewalls and protecting the newspaper from dangerous hackers—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/lincoln-had-pictured-himself-building-firewalls-and-protecting-the/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/rainbow-rowell-135_quote_lincoln-had-pictured-himself-building-fi_1407895.jpg) > [“… ‘Didn’t you ever wonder what it would be like to be with someone else?’ And you’ll say… Lincoln, what will you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/didn-t-you-ever-wonder-what-it-would-be-like-to-be-with-someone-else/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/rainbow-rowell-135_business_didn-t-you-ever-wonder-what-it-would-be_1765849.jpg) > [“The copy editors drank cheap beer and seemed kind of bitter. About everything. But Lincoln felt at home with them. They all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/the-copy-editors-drank-cheap-beer-and-seemed-kind-of-bitter-about/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/rainbow-rowell-135_lincoln_the-copy-editors-drank-cheap-beer-and-se_2383734.jpg) ## Other authors on Lincoln ## More by Rainbow Rowell > [Reagan was sitting up at Cath's desk when Cath woke up. "Are you awake?" "Have you been watching me sleep?" "Yes, Bella. Are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/reagan-was-sitting-up-at-cath-s-desk-when-cath-woke-up-are-you-awake/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Are you awake?” “Have you been watching me sleep?” “Yes, Bella. Are you awake?” “No.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/are-you-awake-have-you-been-watching-me-sleep-yes-bella-are-you-awake/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Someone was knocking on her windshield. Georgie lifted her head off the steering wheel. It was Kendrick. She couldn’t really hear what he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/someone-was-knocking-on-her-windshield-georgie-lifted-her-head-off/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [Maybe Park had paralyzed her with his ninja magic, his Vulcan handhold, and now he was going to eat her. That would be awesome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/maybe-park-had-paralyzed-her-with-his-ninja-magic-his-vulcan-handhold/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“She wouldn't pick up a fight him just because she was bored.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/she-wouldn-t-pick-up-a-fight-him-just-because-she-was-bored/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“That person thought that wearing an ugly dress on the happiest day of someone else's life was just the beginning-the line you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/that-person-thought-that-wearing-an-ugly-dress-on-the-happiest-day-of/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Is this where you tell me that I'm a scoundrel, and I say that I think you like me because I'm a scoundrel? Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/is-this-where-you-tell-me-that-i-m-a-scoundrel-and-i-say-that-i-think/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Te informo de que mi respuesta a tus próximas doce afirmaciones va a ser: «¿Cómo dices?»”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/te-informo-de-que-mi-respuesta-a-tus-pr-ximas-doce-afirmaciones-va-a/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Dude. Let it go. Good riddance to bad rubbers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/dude-let-it-go-good-riddance-to-bad-rubbers/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [He looked exactly like a rat. Like the human being version of a rat. Like the villain in a Don Bluth movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/he-looked-exactly-like-a-rat-like-the-human-being-version-of-a-rat/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Tell me more about the mountains, Georgie said, because she wasn't really sure what to ask. Because ' tell me where I went wrong'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/tell-me-more-about-the-mountains-georgie-said-because-she-wasn-t/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [God, his chin. She wanted to make an honest woman of his chin. She wanted to lock it down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/god-his-chin-she-wanted-to-make-an-honest-woman-of-his-chin-she/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“Wait, I really do need your help with this." He turned his computer monitor toward her and pointed. "Is this funny? It's a Snoopy/Snoop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/wait-i-really-do-need-your-help-with-this-he-turned-his-computer/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“You need to cool down first.” “I’m cool.” “Simon. You’re never cool.” “That hurts, Penny.” “It shouldn’t. It’s one of the reasons I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/you-need-to-cool-down-first-i-m-cool-simon-you-re-never-cool-that/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) > [“She'd get out of the shower the next morning, and it would be written in the steam on the mirror. Dance. Dress. Try a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/she-d-get-out-of-the-shower-the-next-morning-and-it-would-be-written/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lincoln/rainbow-rowell/#itemlist", "name": "8 Lincoln Quotes By Rainbow Rowell", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Lincoln quickly looked up from the floor. His mother was already looking down at him like she’d just confronted him with damning criminal evidence. 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