Quotes From "Fangirl" By Rainbow Rowell

Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is...
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Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy, ” Wren said. “It’s the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for. Rainbow Rowell
She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward.
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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
I don't want to do anything. I don't even want...
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I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it. Rainbow Rowell
Emergency dance party--go away.
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Emergency dance party--go away. Rainbow Rowell
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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
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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
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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
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Parfois, écrire se rapproche de la chute libre : vos doigts s'agitent sur le clavier comme vos jambes dans le vide. Rainbow Rowell
Sometimes writing is running downhill, your fingers jerking behind you...
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Sometimes writing is running downhill, your fingers jerking behind you on the keyboard the way your legs do when they can’t quite keep up with gravity. Rainbow Rowell
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The professor leaned forward. “But there’s nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.” Her lovely face turned fierce. “Think about it Cath. That’s what makes a god–or a mother. There’s nothing more intoxicating than creating something from nothing. Creating something from yourself. Rainbow Rowell
When I’m writing my own stuff, it’s like swimming upstream....
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When I’m writing my own stuff, it’s like swimming upstream. Or … falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to invent the branches as I fall. Rainbow Rowell
Months are different in college, especially freshman year. Too much...
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Months are different in college, especially freshman year. Too much happens. Every freshman month equals six regular months–they're like dog months. Rainbow Rowell
I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I...
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I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I have dementia, like I've never heard a phone ring before and I don't know what's supposed to happen next. Hello? Rainbow Rowell
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You don’t have any friends, your sister dumped you, you’re a freak eater.and you’ve got some weird thing about Simon Snow.""I object to every single thing you just said." Reagan chewed. And frowned. She was wearing dark red lipstick." I have lots of friends, " Cath said." I never see them."" I just got here. Most of my friends went to other schools. Or they’re online."" Internet friends don’t count."" Why not?" Reagan shrugged disdainfully." And I don’t have a weird thing with Simon Snow, " Cath said. "I’m just really active in the fandom."" What the fuck is ‘the fandom’? . Rainbow Rowell
I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that...
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I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off. Rainbow Rowell
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If it tries to take you, " Wren said, "I wont' let go. Rainbow Rowell
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To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one. Rainbow Rowell
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I'm fine, " [her dad] said gently. "Back on the horse, Cath.''What's the horse?' she sighed, watching him pull on a South High hoodie. 'Jogging? Working too much?'' Living, ' he said, a little too loud. 'Life's the horse. Rainbow Rowell
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They slow your brain down, " he said, clutching an orange bottle of pills. "They iron out all the wrinkles... Maybe all the bad stuff happens in the wrinkles, but all the good stuff does, too..." They break your brain like a horse, so it takes all your orders. I need a break that can break away, you know? I need to think. If I can't think, who am I? Rainbow Rowell
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They slow your brain down, " he said, clutching an orange bottle of pills. "They iron out all the wrinkles... Maybe all the bad stuff happens in the wrinkles, but all the good stuff does, too..." They break your brain like a horse, so it takes all your orders. I need a brain that can break away, you know? I need to think. If I can't think, who am I? Rainbow Rowell
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Not this in-between thing that Levi had, where his brain could catch the words but couldn't hold on to them. Rainbow Rowell
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Words are very powerful, " Miss Possibelf said, stepping lightly between the rows of desk. "And they take on more power the more they're spok Rainbow Rowell
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Seriously, why aren't you on drugs?" Cath walked past her out of the room." Are you a licensed psychiatrist? Or do you just play one on TV?""I'm on drugs, " Reagan said. "They're a beautiful thing. Rainbow Rowell
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Why did you tell me it was just a kiss?" she asked, waiting for her voice to break. "I don't even care about that other girl. I mean, I do, but not as much. Why was your first instinct to tell me that what happened between you and me didn't matter? And why should I believe you now when you say that it did? Why should I believe anything you say? Rainbow Rowell
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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
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I'm sorry Penelope." "Don't waste my time with sorries, Simon. If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other's toes, we'll never have time to be friends. Rainbow Rowell
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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
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She kept forcing herself to remember the entire conversation, playing it back and playing it back, all the way through, forcing a finger down her memory's throat. Rainbow Rowell
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A little manic was okay. A little manic paid the bills and got him up in the morning, made him magic when he needed it most. Rainbow Rowell
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Just because it had happened before didn’t mean it wasn’t serious. It didn’t mean he didn’t need them. Rainbow Rowell
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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 her from the bed. Levi's smile broke free and devoured his whole face. Rainbow Rowell
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The problem with playing hide-and-seek with your sister is that sometimes she gets bored and stops looking for you. And there you are - under the couch, in the closet, wedged behind the lilac tree - and you don't want to give up, because maybe she's just biding her time. But maybe she's wandered off... Rainbow Rowell
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No", she said, "I know that you don't like me."" You don't know anything. Rainbow Rowell
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Cath liked Levi. A lot. She liked looking at him. She liked listening to him -- though sometimes she hated listening to him talk to other people. She hated the way he passed out smiles to everyone he met like it didn't cost him anything, like he'd never run out. He made everything look so easy. Rainbow Rowell
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This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight -- and Levi can't even read. Rainbow Rowell
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Of course I can read", he said. "Jesus Christ.""Well, then, what are you trying to tell me? That you don't want to?" "No. I-" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose. "-I don't know why I'm trying to tell you anything. I can read. I just can't read book."" So pretend it's a really long street sign and muddle through it. Rainbow Rowell
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Cath probably should have texted Abel by now, just to tell him that she'd made it - but she wanted to wait until she felt more breezy and nonchalant. You can't take back texts. If you come off all moody and melancholy in a text, it just sits there in your phone, reminding you of what a drag you are. Rainbow Rowell
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She was tired of being the one who cried. Rainbow Rowell
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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
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Hey, Cath. Will you warn me when you take off your glasses? Rainbow Rowell
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Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don’t do it. Rainbow Rowell
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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. Rainbow Rowell
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Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don´t do it Rainbow Rowell
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Levi was smiling. He kicked her chair again. Rainbow Rowell
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She finished getting ready with plenty of time to eat breakfast but didn't feel up to braving the dining hall; she still didn't know where it was or how it worked.. In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody bothers to explain to you. (And the ones you can't Google.) Like, where does the line start? What food can you take? Where are you supposed to stand, then where are you supposed to sit? Where do you go when you're done, why is everyone watching you?.. Bah. . Rainbow Rowell
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...as long as she was worrying about it, it probably wasn't going to happen. Like some sort of anxiety vaccine. Like watching a pot to make sure it never boiled. Rainbow Rowell
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Cath couldn't control whether she saw Levi on campus. But she could worry about it, and as long as she was worrying about it, it probably wasn't going to happen. Like some sort of anxiety vaccine. Like watching a pot to make sure it never boiled. Rainbow Rowell
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Her voice sounded much cooler than she felt. Inside, her internal organs were grinding themselves into nervous pulp. Her intestines were gone. Her kidneys were disintegrating. Her stomach was wringing itself out, yanking on her trachea. Rainbow Rowell
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You kissed him, right? The only question is, do you want to kiss him again? Rainbow Rowell