Ayah > Ayah's Quotes

“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl

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

“Just... isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?”
“It sets a dangerous precedent.”
“For avoiding pain?”
“For avoiding life.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I miss you."
"That's stupid," she said. "I saw you this morning."
"It's not the time," Levi said, and she could hear that he was smiling." It's the distance.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I choose you over everyone.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“That moment," she told Cath, "when you realize that a guy's looking at you differently—that you're taking up more space in his field of vision. That moment when you know he can't see past you anymore.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“No," Cath said, "Seriously. Look at you. You’ve got your shit together, you’re not scared of anything. I’m scared of everything. And I’m crazy. Like maybe you think I’m a little crazy, but I only ever let people see the tip of my crazy iceberg. Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and socially inept, I’m a complete disaster.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl

“Cath felt like she was swimming in words. Drowning in them, sometimes.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“What's the plan?" she asked.
He grinned. "My plan is to do things that make you want to hang out with me again tomorrow. What's your plan?"
"I'm going to try not to make an ass of myself."
He grinned. "So we're all set.”
― rainbow rowell, Fangirl

“Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“That's the ultimate kind of broken. The kind of damage you never recover from.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl

“I'd rather be broken than wasted.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify to that fact.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I'd rather pour myself into a world I love and understand than try to make something up out of nothing.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“What if I promise not to touch you?"
"Cath laughed. "Now I have zero incentive to come."
"What if I promise to let you touch me first?"
"Are you kidding? I'm the untrustworthy person in this relationship. I'm all hands."
"I've seen no evidence of that, Cath."
"In my head, I'm all hands."
"I want to live in your head.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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 I never want it to stop.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“She didn't have words for what Levi was. He was a cave painting. He was The Red Ballon. She lifted her heels and pulled him forward until his face was so close, she could look at only one of his eyes at a time. "You're magic," she said.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Cath couldn't stop thinking about Levi and his ten thousand smiles.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Why do we write fiction?" Professor Piper asked.
Cath looked down at her notebook.
To disappear.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“She was tired of being the one who cried.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“That was the beauty in stacking up words--they got cheaper, the more you had of them.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl

“I didn't want to like him back. I tried to be mean to him."

"I thought you were just mean," Reagan said. "I liked that about you.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl

“Reading is not lonely.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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, Fangirl