Jane Bendickson > Jane's Quotes

“There’s nothing sadder than buying bananas one at a time.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“He made her feel like more than the sum of her parts.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

“You give away nice like it doesn't cost you anything.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Carry On

“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Sharing a room with the person you want most is like sharing a room with an open fire.

He's constantly drawing you in. And you're constantly stepping too close. And you know it's not good--that there is no good--that there's absolutely nothing that can ever come of it.

But you do it anyway.
And then...
Well. Then you burn.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You were the sun, and I was crashing into you. I'd wake up every morning and think, 'This will end in flames.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“For a moment—not even a moment, a split second—I imagine him saying, 'The truth is, I'm desperately attracted to you.' And then I imagine myself spitting in his face. And then I imagine licking it off his cheek and kissing him. (Because I'm disturbed. Ask anyone.)”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“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, Carry On

“The front seat is for people who've never been kidnapped by bloody numpties. Jesus Christ, Baz.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Snow kissed me last night until my mouth was sore. He kissed me so much, I was worried I’d Turn him with all my saliva. He held himself up on all fours above me and made me reach up for his mouth—and I did. I would again. I’d cross every line for him.
I’m in love with him.
And he likes this better than fighting.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Sometimes when I’m walking through the dining hall, just saying hello to people, she’ll drag me by my sleeve to hurry me up.
“You have too many friends,” she’ll say.
“I’m pretty sure that’s not possible. And, anyway, I wouldn’t call them all ‘friends.’”
“There are only so many hours in the day, Simon. Two, three people—that’s all any of us have time for.”
“There are more people than that in your immediate family, Penny.”
“I know. It’s a struggle.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“And sometimes holes want to get bigger, but Baz was wrong—sometimes they just want to be filled.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“He lets his hand fall, and I catch it. Because I’m weak. Because I’m a constant disappointment to myself.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Everyone’s still gossiping about where he’s been. The most popular rumours are “dark coming-of-age ceremony that left him too marked up to be in public” and “Ibiza.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I just wanted to tell you that i'm going to carry on. As i am.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“You're so alive, Simon Snow. You got my share of it.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I want to be someone's right now, Simon, not their happily ever after.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I never thought there was a path that would lead here, a fourth-floor flat with two bedrooms and a kettle and a grey-eyed vampire sitting on the couch, messing with his new phone.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Sometimes I’m glad Penny wears glasses; her eye contact is so fierce, it’s good to have a buffer.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I just can’t pass the scones up if they’re there. They’re soft and light and a little bit salty. Sometimes I dream about them.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“No. 9—The Wavering Wood I should take this one off the list. Fuck the Wavering Wood.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“He's not a monster. He's just a villain. He's not a villain. He's just a boy. I'm kissing a boy. I'm kissing Baz.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“Light a match inside your heart.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“I'm going to die kissing Simon Snow”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“But I still didn't let myself dwell on any of the good things, you know? It's the good things that'll drive you mad with missing them.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“She's like Eeyore if Eeyore hung out with goats all the time instead of letting Pooh and Piglet cheer him up.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On