Quotes from Rainbow Rowell

He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.

What would it be like to hold a different girl?

Neal huffed. Frustrated. "I hate that you thought I wouldn't call--I hate that everything is so tentative between us right now. When did everything get so tentative?

I'm extra-good at wanting things. I want things until I feel sort of sick about them. I want enough for two normal people, at least.

The world turned itself into a better place around him.

Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

Our cellphones can do everything, but they're bad at letting us talk to each other.