“When Eleanor smiled something broke inside of me...something always did...” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
...and his eyes were so green they could turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“He was touching her all the places she was afraid to be touched…” — Rainbow Rowell Fear Copy Share Image
“You are my favourite person of all time. I want everyone to meet you.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“You look like you," he said. "You with the volume turned up.” — Rainbow Rowell Eleanor-and-park Copy Share Image
“I'd want to fly. I know it's not very useful, but ... it's flying.” — Rainbow Rowell Eleanor-and-park Copy Share Image
“Safety, stability—it’s an illusion. It’s a false god, Simon. It’s clinging to a sinking raft instead of learning to swim.” — Rainbow Rowell Inspirational Copy Share Image
In some cases, she was actively trying not to make friends, though she usually stopped short of being rude. (Uptight, tense, and… — Rainbow Rowell Being rude Copy Share Image
I'd rather pour myself into a world I love and understand than try to make something up out of nothing. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“I spent four months trying to kiss you and the last six weeks trying to figure out how I managed to fuck… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward. "Cather..." Back up to his eyes. "You know that I'm falling in love… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people dont talk about race amongst… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Georgie. You cannot be jealous of Dawn--that's like the sun being jealous of a lightbulb.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“I really like you [...] Like, really like you. And I want that kiss to have been the start of something. Not… — Rainbow Rowell Kiss Copy Share Image
“Honey, I’ve watched a lot of 90210. The parents weren’t even on the show once Brandon and Brenda went to college. This… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“That's what Georgie did to him. She pulled the blood to the surface of his skin. She acted on him. Tidally. She… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Sometime in October, one of his friends walked by and called him 'Chris.' (A name, at last. 'Say it loud and there's… — Rainbow Rowell Friendship Copy Share Image
The worst thing about the internet, as far as Greg's bosses were concerned, was that it was now impossible to distinguish a… — Rainbow Rowell Boss Copy Share Image
“Cath wasn’t trying to make new friends here. In some cases, she was actively trying not to make friends, though she usually… — Rainbow Rowell Friendship Copy Share Image
There was something about the music on that tape. It felt different. Like, it set her lungs and her stomach on edge.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“And he knew it was crappy, but he was kind of grateful that people like that existed. Because people like Steve and… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“That feeling she used to have when she was sitting next to Park on the bus – that feeling that she was… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Eleanor hadn't written him a letter. It was a postcard. GREETINGS FROM THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES it said on the front.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“So . . . ,” she says, following him to the chalkboard. “You got a Visiting. An actual Visiting—Natasha Grimm-Pitch was here.… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Usually when her mom gave her warnings like this, Elena would just give her a thumbs up. Like, No prob, Bob. Because… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“There were moments - not just today, moments every day since they'd met - when Eleanor made him self-conscious, when he saw… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Now that he was actually introducing Eleanor to his mom, he couldn’t help but see her the way his mom was going… — Rainbow Rowell Eye contact Copy Share Image
All through first and second and third hour, Eleanor rubbed her palm. Nothing happened. How could it be possible that there were… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t anything Lincoln wanted that he couldn’t afford. What did he really want, anyway? To buy new books when they came… — Rainbow Rowell Books Copy Share Image
“The first time she saw Wren that week, at lunch with Courtney, all Cath could think was, So this is what you… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“There's no reason to think we're going to stop loving each other,” — Rainbow Rowell Intelligence Copy Share Image
“Your own life starts the moment you’re born. Before that, even.” — Rainbow Rowell Life Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing you could become that I haven’t already fallen in love with.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“It's like John Lennon writing with... Taylor Swift instead of Paul McCartney.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“It made her want to have his babies and give him both her kidneys.” — Rainbow Rowell Babies Copy Share Image