Top 500 Rainbow Rowell Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “She was the worst kind of out of control–the kind that thinks it’s just fine, thanks.”

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452. “Was that codependence? Or was it just marriage?”

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453. “I don’t think there’s enough of her left.”

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454. “He liked being near that, that kind of brave and crazy.”

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455. “You know my mum. ‘Information wants to be free.’ ‘There’s no such thing as a bad thought.’ Our library is practically as big as Watford’s and better stocked. If you wanted to find something dangerous in there, I’m sure you could.”

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456. “How do you serve dinner, in ice cube trays?”

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457. “He cocks an eyebrow and stares at me, like figuring out what’s wrong with me is something he’ll never have enough time for.”

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458. “The room around us is gone, and the stars feel close enough to touch.”

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459. “Cath liked Levi. A lot. She liked looking at him. She liked listening to him – though sometimes she hated listening to him talk to other people. She hated the way he passed out smiles to everyone he met like it didn’t cost him anything, like he’d never run out. He made everything look so easy.”

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460. “Are you sad?” she asked him. Sincerely. “Do you need to go home and listen to all your mixed tapes and think about this chapter of your life closing?”

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461. “They’d had this conversation in the cafeteria. They were waiting by the door so that Georgie could casually get in line behind Jay Anselmo, who was two years older than they were, really into No Doubt and competitive car stereos, and who would undoubtedly ignore her. “What’s.”

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462. “And he knew it was crappy, but he was kind of grateful that people like that existed. Because people like Steve and Tina existed, too, and they needed to be fed. if it wasn’t that redhead, it was going to be somebody else. And if it wasn’t somebody else, it was going to be Park.”

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463. “I don’t suppose I ever had the choices I thought I did.”

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464. “Dear Park, I like you so much. You have really beautiful cheeks.”

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465. “I erase the word and start over. I’m working on the “Everything we still don’t” list. I’m tempted to write: everything important and also: whether Simon Snow is actually gay. And: whether I’ll live forever.”

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466. “She had spent so much time thinking about what it would be like to finally come home and how much she missed everybody – she thought they’d throw her a ticker tape parade. She thought it would be a big hugfest.”

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467. “Money and time, those were the two things that he always heard people complaining about, and he had plenty of both.”

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468. “It’s the good things that’ll drive you mad with missing them.”

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469. “Because they weren’t wings. They were bones and feathers and magic – and will.”

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470. “At sixteen, Eleanor was already built like she ran a medieval pub.”

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471. “God, she was weird.”

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472. “Her dad was wrong about worrying. Cath liked to worry. It made her feel proactive, even when she was totally helpless.”

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473. “Because makeup is a lie.”

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474. “Imagine the humiliation of dying at The Cheesecake Factory.”

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475. “Why were people always going on and on about the heart? Almost everything Levi happened in Cath’s stomach.”

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476. “Plus, I like to pray for things that seem possible. There are so many things that I pray for that seem almost too big even for God. It’s rewarding to pray for something that might actually happen.”

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477. “How could you possibly have a dark secret involving the Star Wars prequels? Are you responsible for Jar Jar Binks?”

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478. “Is it so bad?” he asked. “It’s not me.” “Of course it’s you.” “I just, I look like I’m in costume. Like I’m trying to be something that I’m not.” Like she was trying to be pretty and popular. It was the trying part that was so disgusting.”

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479. “We’ll make our own enough.”

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480. “Why do we write fiction?” Professor Piper asked. Cath looked down at her notebook. To disappear.”

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481. “It’s unnecessarily grandiose to use an Open Sesame on the doors, but I do it anyway because I know everyone will be in the dining hall, and I may as well make an entrance.”

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482. “I shouldn’t need proof, but proof can be very reassuring.”

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483. “He tried not to love that she could recite scenes from Ghostbusters, that she liked kung fu movies and could name all of the original X-Men – because those seemed like reasons a guy would fall for a girl in a Kevin Smith movie.”

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484. “Fine,” he moped. “I hope you’re very happy together. Cute little hobbit couple with lots of roly-poly hobbit babies.” Georgie turned back to him, but didn’t stop walking away. “I’m not hobbity.”

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485. “Why are there merwolves in the moat anyway?” Simon flushed. “This is a school.”

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486. “Baz takes me to a Starbucks to use the facilities, and when I come out – with a massive rainbow-striped Frappuccino – he’s shouting at Penny: “Thirty-one hours to San Diego?!” “That can’t be right,” Penny says. “That’s like driving from London to Moscow. Let me see.” Baz has been looking at her phone, and she takes it back. “But it’s the same country,” she says.”

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487. “If it tries to take you, I won’t let go.”

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488. “Everything is the story.”

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489. “He wondered if people who worked nights went on dates during the day.”

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490. “Enough about me and my tapeworm. How are you?”

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491. “I still wish you’d get a dog,” she said. “I’d never remember to feed it.” “Maybe we could train it to feed you.”

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492. “You act like getting pregnant is a disease you can catch from public toilets.”

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493. “As soon as the room was mostly empty, she lifted up her T-shirt and ran her hand along the stretch marks and the ropy scar under her belly. Still there.”

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494. “Troy and Sandra and Gabe acted out a lightsaber battle that brought tears to Elena’s eyes, probably because they were all three singing the John Williams music.”

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495. “I give up,” Baz whined. “I’m going to go drown myself in the moat. Tell my mother I always knew she loved me best.”

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496. “Just because I knew I was going to die like this doesn’t mean I’m ready for it. I wish I’d been nicer to my mum this morning. I wish I were wearing something other than leggings and Ugg boots. I always figured I’d make a more beautiful corpse.”

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497. “Nada me puede romper, a menos que lo permita.”

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498. “The world’s sweetest dimples and the boy who never laughs.”

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499. “Nick had cared about the story; Cath hadn’t. She’d cared about the writing. About the magic third thing that lived between them when they were working together.”

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500. “The girl jumped into his arms, and he swung her in an ecstatic, lop-sided circle. The joy of it hit Georgie like a shock wave. The boy’s duffel bag fell to the ground. His face disappeared in the girl’s long, wavy dark hair.”

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