Best Eleanor Quotes
64 Eleanor quotes by 37 unique authors
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For years afterwards when Amory thought of Eleanor he seemed still to hear the wind sobbing around him and sending little chills into the places…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Lizzy, Will thought. Lizzy P. 'You n me gonna be buddies, darlin'. He stretched one hand to Elly's hair, and circled Donald Wade's rump with…
— LaVyrle Spencer
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You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play."…
— Eloisa James
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You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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In the classics section, she had picked up a copy of The Magic Mountain and recalled the summer between her junior and senior years of…
— Elizabeth Berg
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It made me start to wonder if there were other people so lonely so close. I thought about “Eleanor Rigby.” It’s true, where do they…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Don't do it, Eleanor told the little girl; insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you…
— Shirley Jackson
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Bono met his wife in high school," Park says. "So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers. "I’m not kidding," he says. "You should be," she…
— Rainbow Rowell
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I am not a poor child, Lady Eleanor," Madelyne announced, letting her anger sound in her voice. "Duncan won't marry you. He won't sign the…
— Julie Garwood
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All through first and second and third hour, Eleanor rubbed her palm. Nothing happened. How could it be possible that there were that many never…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Nothing before you counts," he said. "And I can't even imagine an after." She shook her head. "Don't." "What?" "Don't talk about after." "I just…
— Rainbow Rowell
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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…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
— Rainbow Rowell
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He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them. Then he slid the silk and his fingers…
— Rainbow Rowell
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I miss you, Eleanor. I want to be with you all the time. You’re the smartest girl I’ve ever met, and the funniest, and everything…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Nothing was dirty. With Park. Nothing could be shameful. Because Park was the sun, and that was the only way Eleanor could think to explain…
— Rainbow Rowell
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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
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Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive. As soon as he touched her, he…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Or maybe, he thought now, he just didn't recognize all those other girls. The way a computer drive will spit out a disk if it…
— Rainbow Rowell
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That girl--all of them--hated Eleanor before they'd even laid eyes on her. Like they'd been hired to kill her in a past life.
— Rainbow Rowell
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There was something about the music on that tape. It felt different. Like, it set her lungs and her stomach on edge. There was something…
— Rainbow Rowell
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I look like a hobo?" "Worse," he said. "Like a sad hobo clown." "And you like it?" "I love it." As soon as he said…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Dumb. He should have gotten the pen. Jewelry was so public... and personal, which was why he'd bought it. He couldn't buy Eleanor a pen.…
— Rainbow Rowell
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Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Her eyes were dark and shining, and his arms were sure of her. The first time he touched her…
— Rainbow Rowell
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You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you'll still feel them, embossed…
— Rainbow Rowell
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