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I'd rather be broken than wasted.

Rainbow Rowell

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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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Broken
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You know, he said, I keep wanting to say that it's like Simon Snow threw up in here... but it's more like someone else ate Simon Snow—like somebody went to an all-you-care-to-eat Simon Snow buffet—and then threw up in here.
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Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-control huge.
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What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want?...Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?
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I just had this feeling about you, she said. Is that foolish? I hope not.
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It felt good to be writing in her own room, in her own bed. To get lost in the World of Mages and stay lost. To not hear any voices in her head but Simon's and Baz's. Not even her own. This was why Cath wrote fic. For these hours when their world supplanted the real world.
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Cath wished she didn't use the word just so much. It was her passive-aggressive tell, like someone who twitched when they were lying.
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I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal. I almost never mind when a movie changes or cuts something - as long as it helps the film work better.
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But there's nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.
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Things she knew now, that she hadn't known two hours ago: Park was covered with skin. Everywhere.
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Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.
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I just want to break that song into pieces and love them all to death.
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If I had an author superpower, I would like to have the ability to stop time for everyone else. I feel like I have to disappear into myself to write books. I go away, into my head, for hours and weeks at a time, and I hate that I miss everything. It's pretty selfish to want to pause other people, isn't it?
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She knew she was lovely, and she shared it like a gift. Every smile from Agatha was like waking up to a perfect sunny day. Agatha knew it. And she smiled at everyone who crossed her path, as if it were the most generous thing she could offer.
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You're wearing at least four different kinds of sweater. This is a scarf. You look tarred and sweatered.
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What are the chances you’d ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back? And what did you do when that person was born half a world away? The math seemed impossible.
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There's only of him, she thought, and he's right here.
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So why aren’t you living with your sister?” “She wanted to meet new people,” Cath said. “You make it sound like she broke up with you.
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Fitting together is something you work at. It’s something you make happen—because you love each other.
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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.
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Well, at first, I was sure that he would feel the cosmic forces pulling us together. I wanted him so badly, I could feel my heart racing for him with every beat. It was destiny. He was a magnet and I was steel.
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