itâ€™s like swimming upstream. Or â€¦ falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to invent the branches as I fall.

Rainbow Rowell

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He pulled away to say he's sorry, and she shook her head no, because even though she really want him to be sorry, she wanted to kiss him more.

kissing sorry want

You know?" he repeated. She smiled, so he kissed her. "You're not the Han Solo in this relationship, you know." "I'm totally the Han Solo," she whispered. It was good to hear her. It was good to remember it was Eleanor under all this new flesh. "Well, I'm not the Princess Leia," he said. "Don't get so hung up on gender roles," Eleanor said.â€ ... â€œYou can be Han Solo," he said, kissing her throat. "And I'll be Boba Fett. I'll cross the sky for you.

princess kissing sky

Love. Purpose. Those are things that you can't plan for. Those ar... by Rainbow Rowell

Love. Purpose. Those are things that you can't plan for. Those are things that just happen.

plans purpose happens

I'm not complaining about my cell phone - all my friends are in there, and all my favorite songs and all my favorite Benedict Cumberbatch GIFs; I don't want to give it up. But cell phones are the worst for talking on the phone.

phones cells song

I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I have dementia, like I've never heard a phone ring before and I don't know what's supposed to happen next. Hello?

next phones sound

Emergency dance party--go away. by Rainbow Rowell

Emergency dance party--go away.

emergencies going-away party

Eggnog reminds me of mucus." "Me, too. But in a good way. by Rainbow Rowell

Eggnog reminds me of mucus." "Me, too. But in a good way.

Why are you lying awake, thinking that you're a terrible person? To keep my mind occupied when I can't sleep. Some people count sheep. I self-loathe.

sleep lying thinking

But there's nothing more profound than creating something out of... by Rainbow Rowell

But there's nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.

creating-something creating profound

I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it.

this-day expected want

I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks. by Rainbow Rowell

I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.

starbucks four book

As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people dont talk about race amongst themselves!

race white people

I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.

email phones people

With Attachments, my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader to be smiling throughout.

attachment goal writing

A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, miss... by Rainbow Rowell

A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.

anchors distance long

What's that thing you wrote about Simon once, that his eyes followed Baz 'like he was the brightest thing in the room, like he cast everything else into shadow'? That's you. You can't look away from him.

shadow eye looks

Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-... by Rainbow Rowell

Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-control huge.

filipino asia huge

Your trash can is full of energy bar wrappers." "You were looking... by Rainbow Rowell

Your trash can is full of energy bar wrappers." "You were looking through my trash?

roommate bars energy

I thought you were just mean," Reagan said. "I liked that about y... by Rainbow Rowell

I thought you were just mean," Reagan said. "I liked that about you.

What if I promise not to touch you?" "Cath laughed. "Now I have zero incentive to come." "What if I promise to let you touch me first?" "Are you kidding? I'm the untrustworthy person in this relationship. I'm all hands." "I've seen no evidence of that, Cath." "In my head, I'm all hands." "I want to live in your head.

zero hands promise