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. Rainbow Rowell More Quotes by Rainbow Rowell More Quotes From Rainbow Rowell ..I love your name. I don't want to cheat myself out of a single syllable. Rainbow Rowell cheat names want She bent her neck back and kissed him like she never had before. Like she wasn't scared of doing it wrong. Rainbow Rowell bent necks scared I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I’m a huge fan of punctuation. Rainbow Rowell fans use letters That girl--all of them--hated Eleanor before they'd even laid eyes on her. Like they'd been hired to kill her in a past life. Rainbow Rowell girl eye past I think I missed my window." "What window?" "My get-a-life window. I think I was supposed to figure all this stuff out somewhere between twenty-two and twenty-six, and now it's too late. Rainbow Rowell twenties two thinking Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Her eyes were dark and shining, and his arms were sure of her. The first time he touched her hand, he'd known. Rainbow Rowell eye dark hair That moment," she told Cath, "when you realize that a guy's looking at you differently - that you're taking up more space in his field of vision. That moment when you know he can't see past you anymore. Rainbow Rowell guy space past Dumb. He should have gotten the pen. Jewelry was so public... and personal, which was why he'd bought it. He couldn't buy Eleanor a pen. Or a bookmark. He didn't have bookmarklike feelings for her. Rainbow Rowell dumb should-have feelings I look like a hobo?" "Worse," he said. "Like a sad hobo clown." "And you like it?" "I love it." As soon as he said it, she broke into a smile. And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did. Rainbow Rowell hobos you-like-it looks ...and his eyes were so green they could turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Rainbow Rowell oxygen green eye There was something about the music on that tape. It felt different. Like, it set her lungs and her stomach on edge. There was something exciting about it, and something nervous. It made Eleanor feel like everything, like the world, wasn't what she'd thought it was. And that was a good thing. That was the greatest thing. Rainbow Rowell tape different world The idea that you're hard to love is ludicrous. Rainbow Rowell hard love-is ideas I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal. I almost never mind when a movie changes or cuts something - as long as it helps the film work better. Rainbow Rowell cutting book thinking You look different. You look unsettling.’ ‘You look like you,’ he said. ‘You with the volume turned up. Rainbow Rowell like-you different looks What if Park realized that all the things he thought were so mysterious and intriguing about her were actually just … bleak? Rainbow Rowell mysterious what-if parks I've never loved the name "Rainbow" - it seems like a name you'd give to your stuffed unicorn - but I really like having an unusual name. It stands out. And it made me feel like it was okay to stand out. To be different. Rainbow Rowell rainbow different giving If I had an author superpower, I would like to have the ability to stop time for everyone else. I feel like I have to disappear into myself to write books. I go away, into my head, for hours and weeks at a time, and I hate that I miss everything. It's pretty selfish to want to pause other people, isn't it? Rainbow Rowell selfish hate book Our cellphones can do everything, but they're bad at letting us talk to each other. Rainbow Rowell us talk everything bad Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that. Rainbow Rowell you thank-god god happens When I watch a romantic comedy, I feel like they're selling something that doesn't exist. Two beautiful, but extremely unpleasant, people are terrible to each other for an hour, accidentally kiss, then decide to like each other during an extremely vague montage. That isn't how people fall in love. Rainbow Rowell beautiful love romantic people