Fangirl Rainbow Rowell Quotes & Sayings

When she opened her door, Levi was sitting in the hallway, his legs bent in front of him, hunched forward on his knees. He looked up when she stepped out.
"I'm such an idiot," he said.
Cath fell between his knees and hugged him.
"I can't believe I said that," he said. "I can't even go nine hours without seeing you. — Rainbow Rowell

Why do I write?
To be somewhere else
To get free of ourselves
To stop
To stop being anything or anywhere at all
To disappear — Rainbow Rowell

You're a sad little hermit, and it creeps me out. — Rainbow Rowell

Maybe we should go on lots of double dates," Cath said, "and then we can get married on the same day in a double ceremony, in matching dresses, and the four of us will light the unity candle all at the same time."
"Pfft," Levi said, "I'm picking out my own dress. — Rainbow Rowell

Tell me why you're so unhappy."
"It's just ... everything.There are too many people.And I don't fit in.I don't know how to be. — Rainbow Rowell

Are you meeting people?"
Yeah, she thought, you people.
"Not intentionally," she said. — Rainbow Rowell

So this is what you look like when you're keeping a giant secret from me - exactly the same as usual. — Rainbow Rowell

Here we are," he said, pointing down an unshoveled path.
"The Gardens."
Cath tried to look appreciative.
You wouldn't know there was a path here at all if it weren't for one set of footprints in the melting snow.
All she could see were the footprints, some dead bushes, and a few weedy patches of mud.
"It's breathtaking," she laughed.
"I knew you'd like it. Play your cards right, and I'll bring you back during the high season. — Rainbow Rowell

Nothing can break me unless I let it. — Rainbow Rowell

She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward.
"Cather ... "
Back up to his eyes.
"You know that I'm falling in love with you, right? — Rainbow Rowell

He ever offer to walk you home?"
"I've never asked," Cath said quickly. "I've never asked you either."
"That's true," Levi said.
More quiet. More cold.
The air stung Cath's throat when she finally spoke again. "So maybe you shouldn't."
"Don't be ridiculous," Levi said. "That wasn't my point. — Rainbow Rowell

He looked up at her and smiled crookedly, holding out a few sheets of paper. Will you read this? i think maybe it sucks. or maybe it's awesome. it's probably awesome. Tell me it's awesome,okay? Unless it sucks. — Rainbow Rowell

Your face is flushed, did you know that?"
"Well," she said.
"I'm frustrated."
"Don't make me angry-kiss you."
"Give me the laundry."
"Tempers rising, faces flushed ... This is how it happens."
That made Cath laugh. — Rainbow Rowell

Cath exhaled. Then inhaled. Her chest was so tight, it hurt both ways. Levi shouldn't get to make her feel this way - he shouldn't even have access to her chest. — Rainbow Rowell

I'm just really active in the fandom."
"What the fuck is 'the fandom'? — Rainbow Rowell

He was good. He was good, and she didn't want to lose him. — Rainbow Rowell

I mean ... " Levi leaned forward, hands still fisted in his pockets. "I mean, I spent four months trying to kiss you and the last six weeks trying to figure out how I managed to fuck everything up. All I want now is to make it right, to make you see how sorry I am and why you should give me another chance. And I just want to know - are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?"
Cath's eyes settled on his, tentatively, like they'd fly away if he moved.
She nodded her head.
The right side of his mouth pulled up.
"I'm rooting for you", she whispered.
She wasn't even sure he could hear from the bed.
Levi's smile broke free and devoured his whole face.
It started to devour her face, too.
Cath had to look away. — Rainbow Rowell

No, I know," Levi said. "But it's not you. You don't push through every moment. You pay attention. You take everything in. I like that about you - I like that better."
Cath closed her eyes and felt tears catch on her cheeks.
"I like your glasses," he said. "I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don't smile at everyone, because then, when you smile at me. ... Cather." He kissed her mouth. "Look at me."
She did.
"I choose you over everyone. — Rainbow Rowell

You didn't realize how much work everyone else put into holding themselves upright until you saw Levi leaning against a wall. He looked like he was leaning on something even when he wasn't. He made standing look like vertical lying down. — Rainbow Rowell

He had the smilingest face she'd ever seen. — Rainbow Rowell

If Levi were a dog, he'd be a golden retriever. If he were a game, he'd be a Ping-Pong, incessant and bouncing and light. — Rainbow Rowell

They were just stories, but stories weren't just anything. — Rainbow Rowell

You know," he said, "I keep wanting to say that it's like Simon Snow threw up in here ... but it's more like someone else ate Simon Snow - like somebody went to an all-you-care-to-eat Simon Snow buffet - and then threw up in here. — Rainbow Rowell

What's wrong with Starbucks?"
"It's a big, faceless corporation." He raised a good-natured brow. "So far, they've let me keep my face. — Rainbow Rowell

Have you met Cather?" Levi said to Reagan, his face still shining with amusement. "She spits hot fire. — Rainbow Rowell

If you smile at everyone," she said, "how am I supposed to feel when you smile at me?"
"How do you feel when I smile at you?" he asked - and then he did smile at her, just a little.
Not like myself, Cath thought.
"Like an idiot," she said softly. "And like I never want it to stop. — Rainbow Rowell

What would we do together?" Cath asked. "He'd want to go to the bar,and I'd want to stay home and write fanfiction. — Rainbow Rowell

It was a good weekend. Five thousand words of Carry On. Fish tacos with radish and shredded cabbage. Only two more conversations about Wren. And Sunday afternoon brought Levi back, taking her front steps two at a time. — Rainbow Rowell

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. — Rainbow Rowell

So stop making it so hard, Cath. You kissed him, right? The only question is, do you want to kiss him again? — Rainbow Rowell

When she sat down to write, she didn't have to wade back into the story slowly, waiting to get used to the temperature. — Rainbow Rowell

You can tell Laura to go fuck herself. Like to infinity and beyond. — Rainbow Rowell

He turned around, suddenly concerned. Are you pregnant? Are you gay? I'd rather you were gay than pregnant. Unless you're pregnant. Then we'll deal. Whatever it is, we'll deal. Are you pregnant? — Rainbow Rowell

I don't live to amuse you, you know."
"One, are you sure? Because you do. And two, we don't make fun of you. Very much. Anymore. And three ... — Rainbow Rowell

There was a boy in her room. — Rainbow Rowell

What's wrong with Starbucks?" - Levi Stewart — Rainbow Rowell

Well," she said. "I'm frustrated."
"Don't make me angry-kiss you."
"Give me the laundry."
"Tempers rising, faces flushed ... This is how it happens. — Rainbow Rowell

You're beautiful," she said.
"That's you."
"Don't argue with me. You're beautiful. — Rainbow Rowell

Cath thought of Levi's warmth against her arm last night. And his ten thousand smiles. And his forty-acre foreheard. — Rainbow Rowell

I want to pretend this didn't happen."
"Okay. — Rainbow Rowell

If you smile at everyone, how am I supposed to feel when you smile at me?
How do you feel when I smile at you? — Rainbow Rowell

Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight. — Rainbow Rowell

Shhh."
"I just-"
"Hush."
"I worry-"
"Don't."
"But-"
"Simon."
"Baz?"
"Here. — Rainbow Rowell