Rainbow Rowell: You flirt with everything." She could tell that her ey...

You flirt with old people and babies and everybody in between.

Rainbow Rowell

flirting baby people

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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reason answers people

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

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love-each-other fitting together

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

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kissing people

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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pipers professors wonder

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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stopping jumping running

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.

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girl hands way

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.

Rainbow Rowell

first-love love-is firsts

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

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leaving-me rays leave-me-alone

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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parks magic would-be

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

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butterfly love hands

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

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girlfriend worry night

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

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fever racist looks

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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kissing sound trying

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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curls let-it-go missing

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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flip people firsts

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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hitting-bottom hitting way

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

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bad-relationship ends

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

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happily-ever-after handsome ever-after

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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what-if want helping

You flirt with everything." She could tell that her eyes were popping-- her eyeballs actually felt cold around the edges. "You flirt with old people and babies and everybody in between.