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Love. Purpose. Those are things that you can't plan for. Those are things that just happen.

Rainbow Rowell

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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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Journalist
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Plans
Happen
Purpose
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Ah...' Park said, pained. 'What?' 'Those are alphabetized.' 'It's okay. I know the alphabet.' 'Right.' He looked embarrassed. 'Sorry.
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She carried herself like she was exactly the size everyone else wanted to be.
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I don't know if I even believe in that anymore. The right guy. The perfect guy. The one. I've lost faith in the. How do you feel about a and an? Indifferent. So you're considering a life without articles?
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I look like this because I'm alive, Reagan said. Because I've had experiences. Do you understand?
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I just want to break that song into pieces and love them all to death.
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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.
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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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The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.
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But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.
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For the first time in weeks, Park didn't have that anxious feeling in his stomach on the way home from school, like he had to soak up enough Eleanor to keep him until the next day.
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Your trash can is full of energy bar wrappers. You were looking through my trash?
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Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don’t do it.
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Things get better--hurt less--over time. If you let them.
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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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it’s like swimming upstream. Or … falling down a cliff and grabbing at branches, trying to invent the branches as I fall.
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Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.
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