--- title: "8 Okay Quotes By Rainbow Rowell" description: "8 Okay quotes by Rainbow Rowell. Plus more from Rainbow Rowell and more Okay sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/rainbow-rowell-135_air_he-didn-t-take-her-breath-away-maybe-the_153584.jpg" --- > [He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/he-didn-t-take-her-breath-away-maybe-the-opposite-but-that-was-okay/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/rainbow-rowell-135_air_he-didn-t-take-her-breath-away-maybe-the_153584.jpg) > [“But we're okay, right?" "We're perfect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/but-we-re-okay-right-we-re-perfect/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/rainbow-rowell-135_okay_but-we-re-okay-right-we-re-perfect-22759_227590.jpg) > [I've never loved the name "Rainbow" - it seems like a name you'd give to your stuffed unicorn - but I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/i-ve-never-loved-the-name-rainbow-it-seems-like-a-name-you-d-give-to/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/rainbow-rowell-135_different_i-ve-never-loved-the-name-rainbow-it-see_755620.jpg) > [“Okay, what does 'okay mean?" "It means, okay, I hear you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/okay-what-does-okay-mean-it-means-okay-i-hear-you/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/rainbow-rowell-135_okay_okay-what-does-okay-mean-it-means-okay-i_1731300.jpg) > [Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?” “It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/just-isn-t-giving-up-allowed-sometimes-isn-t-it-okay-to-say-this-2/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/rainbow-rowell-135_avoiding_just-isn-t-giving-up-allowed-sometimes-i_2755529.jpg) > [It's nice of you to say I'm your best friend. You are my best friend, dummy. Really? You are my best friend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/it-s-nice-of-you-to-say-i-m-your-best-friend-you-are-my-best-friend/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/rainbow-rowell-135_best-friend_it-s-nice-of-you-to-say-i-m-your-best-fr_2776609.jpg) > [It's okay if you're crazy," he said softly. "You don't even know-" "I don't have to know," he said. "I'm rooting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/it-s-okay-if-you-re-crazy-he-said-softly-you-don-t-even-know-i-don-t/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/rainbow-rowell-135_crazy_it-s-okay-if-you-re-crazy-he-said-softly_2855731.jpg) > [Ah...' Park said, pained. 'What?' 'Those are alphabetized.' 'It's okay. I know the alphabet.' 'Right.' He looked embarrassed. 'Sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/ah-park-said-pained-what-those-are-alphabetized-it-s-okay-i-know-the/) [Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/rainbow-rowell-135_alphabet_ah-park-said-pained-what-those-are-alpha_3072573.jpg) ## Other authors on Okay ## 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/okay/rainbow-rowell/#itemlist", "name": "8 Okay Quotes By Rainbow Rowell", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. 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