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You’ve read the books?” “I’ve seen the movies.” Cath rolled her eyes so hard, it hurt. (Actually.) (Maybe because she was still on the edge of tears. On the edge, period.) “So you haven’t read the books.” “I’m not really a book person.” “That might be the most idiotic thing you’ve ever said to me

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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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People tend to pair off that way, Cath thought, in matched sets.
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..I love your name. I don't want to cheat myself out of a single syllable.
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He always kept me just on the edge of crazy. Feeling like I wanted him too much, which just made me want him more. That sounds excruciating.
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Take off your glasses. Why? I thought you liked my glassess. I love your glasses. I especially love the moment when you take them off.
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You look like a protagonist.
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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.
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I want everyone to meet you. You're my favorite person of all time.
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Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-control huge.
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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.
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Are you on drugs? No. Maybe you should be.
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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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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.
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As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people dont talk about race amongst themselves!
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That’s because you ooze preemptive leave-me-alone death rays.
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So...I'm larking through the Baby Gap, looking at tiny capri pants and sweaters that cost more than ... I don't know,more than they should. And I get totally sucked in by this ridiculous, tiny fur coat. The kind of coat a baby might need to go to the ballet. In Moscow. In 1918. To match her tiny pearls.
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Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.
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Dumb. He should have gotten the pen. Jewelry was so public... and personal, which was why he'd bought it. He couldn't buy Eleanor a pen. Or a bookmark. He didn't have bookmarklike feelings for her.
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You give away nice like it doesn't cost you anything.
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Eleanor,” he said, just because he liked saying it, “why do you like me?” “I don’t like you.” He waited. And waited… Then he started to laugh. “You’re kind of mean,” he said. “Don’t laugh. It just encourages me.
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