To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional w... by Rainbow Rowell

To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.

Rainbow Rowell

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You always ask that. Why. Like there's an answer for everything. Not everybody has your life, you know, or your family. In your life, things happen for reasons. People make sense. But that's not my life. Nobody in my life makes sense.

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Fitting together is something you work at. It’s something you make happen—because you love each other.

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I don’t just kiss people. Kisses aren’t... just with me. by Rainbow Rowell

I don’t just kiss people. Kisses aren’t... just with me.

I'm afraid," Professor Piper said, "afraid that you're never going to discover what you're truly capable of. That you won't get to see-that I won't get to see-any of the wonder that's inside of you.

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Eleanor had never thought about killing herself – ever – but she thought a lot about stopping. Just running until she couldn’t run anymore. Jumping from something so high that she’d never hit the bottom.

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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 doesn't recognize the formatting. When he touched Eleanor's hand, he recognized her. He knew.

These things end,” she said. “They always end. Nobody marries their first love. First love is just that. First. It’s implied that something else will follow.

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That’s because you ooze preemptive leave-me-alone death rays. by Rainbow Rowell

That’s because you ooze preemptive leave-me-alone death rays.

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Maybe Park had paralyzed her with his ninja magic, his Vulcan handhold, and now he was going to eat her. That would be awesome.

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Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

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My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying... by Rainbow Rowell

My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.

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Looks like somebody's got jungle fever.' 'That's not even the rig... by Rainbow Rowell

Looks like somebody's got jungle fever.' 'That's not even the right kind of racist.

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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 meant that... I want to be the last person who ever kisses you, too.... That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I'm trying to say is, you're it. This is it for me.

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Then Park reached up and wrapped one of her red curls around his honey finger. "Back to missing you," he said, letting it go.

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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 ending all in one place? And were they always there, or did they just flip on wherever they felt like it? Because, if they were always there, how did she manage to turn doorknobs without fainting? Maybe this was why so many people said it felt better to drive a stick shift.

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Wasn’t hitting bottom the thing you had to do to knock some sense into yourself? Wasn’t hitting bottom the thing that showed you which way was up?

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I'm sort of...coming off a bad relationship," "When did it end?"... by Rainbow Rowell

I'm sort of...coming off a bad relationship," "When did it end?" "Slightly before it started.

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There’s no such thing as handsome princes, she told herself. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.

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And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours, and what if you decide that you don’t want me? How could you want me like I want you?

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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.

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