Quotes From "Carry On" By Rainbow Rowell

What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You...
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What you are is a fucking tragedy, Simon Snow. You literally couldn't be a bigger mess." He tries to kiss me, but I pull back- "And you like that?"" I love it." He says" Why?"" Because we match. Rainbow Rowell
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I let myself slip away... Just to stay sane. Just to get through it. And when I felt myself slipping too far, I held on to the one thing I'm always sure of - Blue eyes. Bronze curls. The fact that Simon Snow is the most powerful magician alive. That nothing can hurt him, not even me. That Simon Snow is alive. And I'm hopelessly in love with him. Rainbow Rowell
You were the sun, and I was crashing into you.
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You were the sun, and I was crashing into you. Rainbow Rowell
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He shakes his head, and he's saying something, and I think I might kiss him. Because I've never kissed anyone before. (I was afraid I might bite.) And I've never wanted to kiss anyone but him. (I won't bite. I won't hurt him.) I just want to kiss him, then go. "Simon..., " I say. And then he kisses me. Rainbow Rowell
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He's still looking in my eyes. Staring me down like he did that dragon, chin tilted and locked. "I'm not the Chosen One, " he says. I meet his gaze and sneer. My arm is a steel band around his waist. "I choose you, " I say. "Simon Snow, I choose you. Rainbow Rowell
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She told me later that her parents had told her to steer clear of me at school. "My mum said that nobody really knew where you came from. And that you might be dangerous." "Why didn't you listen to her?" I asked. "Because nobody knew where you came from, Simon! And you might be dangerous! " "You have the worst survival instincts." "Also, I felt sorry for you, " she said. "You were holding your wand backwards. Rainbow Rowell
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Your mother was a hero. She developed a spell for gnomeatic fever. And she was the youngest headmaster in Watford history.” Baz is looking at Penny like they’ve never met.“ And, ” Penny goes on, “she defended your father in three duels before he accepted her proposal.”“ That sounds barbaric, ” I say.“ It was traditional, ” Baz says.“ It was brilliant, ” Penny says. “I’ve read the minutes.”“ Where?” Baz asks her.“ We have them in our library at home, ” she says “My dad loves marriage rites. Any sort of family magic, actually. He and my mother are bound together in five dimensions. Rainbow Rowell
I can't believe there's a part of you that grows...
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I can't believe there's a part of you that grows when you need it. You're like a mutant."" I'm a vampire, " Baz says, "and can you hear yourself? Rainbow Rowell
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She's all brute force and '90s clichés. Rainbow Rowell
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And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands? Rainbow Rowell
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You were the sun, and I was crashing into you Rainbow Rowell
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The goblins have been after me ever since I helped the Coven drive them out of Essex. (They were gobbling up drunk people in club bathrooms, and the Mage was worried about losing regional slang.) I think the goblin who successfully offs me gets to be king. Rainbow Rowell
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Because, he says, it hurts to think about things that you can't have or help. S'better not to think about it. Rainbow Rowell
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Moriré besando a Simon Snow. Simon Snow morirá besándome. Rainbow Rowell
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How often do you have to drink?” “Every night, to feel good. Every few nights, to stay sane.” “Have you ever bitten anyone?” “No. I’m not a murderer.” “Does it have to be fatal every time? The biting? Couldn’t you just drink some of a person’s blood, then walk away?” “I can’t believe you’re asking me this, Snow. You, who can’t walk away from half a sandwich. Rainbow Rowell
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He smiles, and he's made of trouble. We should have dropped him in the Thames in a bag of stones. We should have left him out for the fairies. Rainbow Rowell
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I was just cleaning up my own mess, Baz. Like, no one would call you a hero for cleaning up your own vomit. Rainbow Rowell
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If you're as good as your word, words should be good enough. Rainbow Rowell
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What do you want from me, Snow?""Nothing, " he says. And he means it, the actual bastard. Rainbow Rowell
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Snow's table manners are atrocious - it's like watching a wild dog eat. A wild dog you'd like to slip the tongue. Rainbow Rowell
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I was eleven years old, and I’d lost my mother, and my soul, and the Crucible gave me you.” “It made us roommates, ” he says. I shake my head. “We were always more.” “We were enemies.”“ You were the centre of my universe, ” I say. “Everything else spun around you. Rainbow Rowell