Giving up Quote by Rainbow Rowell

“Whenever he saw Eleanor, he couldn’t think about pulling away. He couldn’t think about anything at all. Except touching her. Except doing whatever he…

— Rainbow Rowell

“Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed.”

— Hanif Kureishi

“Eleanor stopped, too. “Hey,” she said, “wait, no. What are you doing?” “I’m ending this.” “No. Come on. It’s not worth it.” “You are,”…

— Rainbow Rowell

“she’d find a way. She’d be brave and noble, and she’d find a way. But she wasn’t. Eleanor wasn’t any of those things. She…

— Rainbow Rowell

“The first time she had tried to kill herself, she had intuited that there was no escape. She had seen, with sudden clarity, that…

— Dan Chaon

“She began to wonder whether she would not do better to finish her life alone. What was left of life seemed unimportant.”

— Willa Cather

“Eleanor let his words hit her full on.”

— Rainbow Rowell

“Standing behind him until he turned his head. Lying next to him just before he woke up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter…

— Rainbow Rowell

“It's good to know that I'm not the only unsuicidal person thinking about killing herself.”

— Samantha Schutz

“He’d thought he was over caring what people thought about him. He’d thought that loving Eleanor proved that. But he kept finding new pockets…

— Rainbow Rowell

“When asked why she had tried to kill herself, she said only, "It was a mistake.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“She wanted to die. It was the one decision left to her, one she could contribute to, at least one thing she had control…

— John Hunt