In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody bothers to explain to you. (And the ones you can't Google.)

Rainbow Rowell

Categorized in : Bother Situation Google

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

anxiety stories writing

He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.

air opposites love

People who fall in love with books never really stop falling. by Rainbow Rowell

People who fall in love with books never really stop falling.

falling-in-love book fall

This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight-and Levi can't even read.

library girl kind

It had taken years to put themselves back together, and so what if some things didn’t get put back in the right place? At least they could hold themselves up.

what-if taken years

I know that people change. I thought... I thought we're going to change together. I thought that's what it meant to be in love.

together knows people

I don't want you to go," Sam said. She was upset. "I don't want this to end like this." "You don't get to choose," Lincoln said. "It's just happening.

upset ends want

You look like a protagonist. by Rainbow Rowell

You look like a protagonist.

protagonists looks

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 on you, when you pull away. Every time Eleanor pulled away from Park, she felt the gasping loss of him.

missing-someone loss thinking

It’s not my job to want you or not want you. It’s not my job to e... by Rainbow Rowell

It’s not my job to want you or not want you. It’s not my job to earn you.

want jobs

She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet. If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away.

arms ties running

His parents never talked about how they met, but when Park was younger, he used to try to imagine it. He loved how much they loved each other. It was the thing he thought about when he woke up scared in the middle of the night. Not that they loved him--they were his parents, they had to love him. That they loved each other. They didn't have to do that.

parent trying night

Things she knew now, that she hadn't known two hours ago: Park wa... by Rainbow Rowell

Things she knew now, that she hadn't known two hours ago: Park was covered with skin. Everywhere.

parks skins two

But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kep... by Rainbow Rowell

But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.

shallow pockets way

Ophelia was bonkers, right? And Juliet was what, a sixth-grader? by Rainbow Rowell

Ophelia was bonkers, right? And Juliet was what, a sixth-grader?

ophelia juliet

He looked like someone with a steerage ticket on the titanic. Somebody who'd be standing in line at Ellis Island. Undiluted and old-blooded. Also cute.

lines islands cute

The squirrels on campus were beyond domestic; they were practical... by Rainbow Rowell

The squirrels on campus were beyond domestic; they were practically domestically abusive.

abusive squirrels campus

Take your vitamins. Don't drink vodka. Get used to empire waistli... by Rainbow Rowell

Take your vitamins. Don't drink vodka. Get used to empire waistlines.

vitamins empires drink

It's our last chance. No. No, I can't... I, no, I need to believe that it isn't our last chance... Eleanor? Can you hear me? I need you to believe it, too.

lasts believe needs

Do you feel like he ignores you?" "No. I feel like he doesn't see... by Rainbow Rowell

Do you feel like he ignores you?" "No. I feel like he doesn't see me.

feels