There's not such thing as handsome princes, she told herself. There's no such thing as happily ever after. She looked up at Park. Into his golden green eyes. You saved my life, she tried to tell him. Not forever, not for good. Probably just temporarily. But you saved my life, and now I'm yours. The me that's right now is yours. Always.
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That's what he always said when he didn't have anything to say and he just wante... RAINBOW ROWELL Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m... RAINBOW ROWELL I may not take my clothes seriously. I may not have brushed or even washed my hair today. But I pron... RAINBOW ROWELL I'm sorry about yesterday," she said. He hung on to his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens... RAINBOW ROWELL I like your glasses,” he said. “I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don’t smile a... RAINBOW ROWELL October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, t... RAINBOW ROWELL Park stood up when she got to their row, and as soon as she sat down, he took her hand and kissed it... RAINBOW ROWELL I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad t... RAINBOW ROWELL He loved how much they loved each other. It was the thing he thought about when he woke up scared in... RAINBOW ROWELL «Qualunque cosa succeda, io non tornerò mai a casa» disse lei risoluta. «Lo so.» Ele... RAINBOW ROWELL Go on and honk," Eleanor said. "You think you can intimidate me with your swanlike good looks, but I... RAINBOW ROWELL I'm going to tell Mrs. Burt that my mom doesn't want me to do anything that might rupture my hymen,"... RAINBOW ROWELL He'd stopped trying to bring her back. RAINBOW ROWELL Cath liked Levi. A lot. She liked looking at him. She liked listening to him -- though sometimes she... RAINBOW ROWELL Prefiero verterme a mí misma en un mundo que amo y entiendo, que tratar de hacer algo de la nada. RAINBOW ROWELL I didn't want to like him back. I tried to be mean to him." "I thought you were ju... RAINBOW ROWELL He was trying to talk to Cath about buffalo. As far as she could tell, Levi had a whole class that w... RAINBOW ROWELL Eleanor had never thought about killing herself – ever – but she thought a lot about stopping. RAINBOW ROWELL How can you be like this?' I whisper. 'How can you even trust me, after everything?' 'I'm not sure I... RAINBOW ROWELL She looks over at his empty bed, and her sadness is so potent that in that moment, I'd do anything t... RAINBOW ROWELL You know," he said, "I keep wanting to say that it's like Simon Snow threw up in here... but it's mo... RAINBOW ROWELL Carry on, Simon. RAINBOW ROWELL If you broke Elena's heart, Star Wars would spill out. This was a holy day for her -- it was a cosmi... RAINBOW ROWELL Everybody drinks," she said calmly. The Only Rational One. "Your sister doesn't." When rol... RAINBOW ROWELL All I do when we're apart is think about you, and all I when we're together is panic. Because every ... RAINBOW ROWELL You don’t have any friends, your sister dumped you, you’re a freak eater..and you’ve got some ... RAINBOW ROWELL Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete... RAINBOW ROWELL I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a ph... RAINBOW ROWELL She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet. If she s... RAINBOW ROWELL When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women ... RAINBOW ROWELL I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters... RAINBOW ROWELL I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK. RAINBOW ROWELL With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences. RAINBOW ROWELL I didn't know someone could love me like this," she said. "Could love me and love me and love me wit... RAINBOW ROWELL What do you want to show me?" "Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi... RAINBOW ROWELL Neal didn't take Georgie's breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay--that was really good,... RAINBOW ROWELL He already thought she was a weirdo, and this was just going to make her seem that much weirder. Did... RAINBOW ROWELL I don’t like you, Park. Sometimes I think I live for you RAINBOW ROWELL Safety, stability--it's an illusion. It's a false god, Simon. It's like clinging to a sinking raft i... RAINBOW ROWELL I just can’t believe that life would give us to each other,’ he said, ‘and then take it back.... RAINBOW ROWELL I choose you over everyone. RAINBOW ROWELL I always get lost in the library,' he said, 'no matter how many times I go. In fact, I think I get l... RAINBOW ROWELL I lean into him, because I'm cold and he's always warm. And because I like to remind him that I'm no... RAINBOW ROWELL I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy; those are practically prerequisite... RAINBOW ROWELL How many people make a career out of writing anyway?' Cath snapped. She felt like everything inside ... RAINBOW ROWELL Cath felt like she was swimming in words. Drowning in them, sometimes. RAINBOW ROWELL I miss you." "That's stupid," she said. "I saw you this morning." "It's not the time," Lev... RAINBOW ROWELL There was something about the music on that tape. It felt different. Like, it set her lungs and her ... RAINBOW ROWELL I let myself slip away... Just to stay sane. Just to get through it. And when I felt myself slipping... RAINBOW ROWELL I think I can live without you, but it won't be any kind of life. RAINBOW ROWELL She heard the very beginning of a smile in his voice--a fetal smile--and it very nearly killed her. RAINBOW ROWELL Well,” she said. “I’m frustrated.” “Don’t make me angry-kiss you.” “Give m... RAINBOW ROWELL That's not the point," he said. "What kind of creep would I be if I let my girl carry something heav... RAINBOW ROWELL No," Cath said, "Seriously. Look at you. You’ve got your shit together, you’re not scared of any... RAINBOW ROWELL Things get better — hurt less — over time. If you let them. RAINBOW ROWELL Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,” Wren said. “It’s the nob... RAINBOW ROWELL You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard... RAINBOW ROWELL Dear Park, I like you so much. You have really beautiful cheeks. RAINBOW ROWELL That's what people say- 'it's not good-bye' - when they're too afraid to face what they're really fe... RAINBOW ROWELL Ni siquiera puedo respirar cuando no estamos juntos —susurró ella—. Y eso significa que, cuando... RAINBOW ROWELL You look like you," he said. "You with the volume turned up. RAINBOW ROWELL It's going to be okay," Park said. She nodded. "Right." "Because I love you."<... RAINBOW ROWELL