Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"He took the necklace out of the box and carefully fastened it around her neck. Just like he'd imagined himself doing when he bought it. That might even be why he bought it - so he'd have this moment, under her hair. He ran his fingertips along the chain and settled the pendant on her throat."
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"He took the necklace out of the box and carefully fastened it around her neck. Just like he'd imagined himself doing when he bought it. That might even be why he bought it - so he'd have this moment, under her hair. He ran his fingertips along the chain and settled the pendant on her throat."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"And in those moments, Park thought about pulling back from her."Not breaking up with her. That phrase didn't even seem to apply here. Just . . . erasing away. Recovering the six inches between them"
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"Because all her feelings for him – hot and beautiful in her heart – turned to gobbledygook in her mouth."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"Eleanor hated it when her mom acted like that. Relentlessly submissive. It was humiliatng to be in the same room."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"... Whenever Eleanor felt nervous or scared, she told herself to be happy instead. (It didn’t really make her feel better, but it kept her from feeling worse …)"
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"Park stood up when she got to their row, and as soon as she sat down, he took her hand and kissed it. It happened so fast, she didn't have time to die of ecstasy or embarrassment."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"There was something about the music on that tape. It felt different. Like, it set her lungs and her stomach on edge. There was something exciting about it, and something nervous. It made Eleanor feel like everything, like the world, wasn't what she'd thought it was. And that was a good thing. That was the greatest thing."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it anyway, in dreams and lies and broken-down déjà vu."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"He leaned against her, pressing his shoulder into hers. "Don't be mad at me," he said, sighing. "It makes me crazy."I'm never mad at you," she said."Right."I'm not."You must just be mad near me a lot."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"This is new to us, you know? Your mother's sorry. She's sorry that she hurt your feelings, and she wants you to invite your girlfriend over for dinner."So that she can make her feel bad and weird"Well she is kind of weird, isn't she"Park didn't have the energy to be angry. He sighed and let his head fall back on the chair. His dad kept talking. "Isn't that why you like her?"
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"I'm ending this.''No. Come on. It's not worth it.''You are,' he said fiercely, looking at her.'You're worth it."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"There's only one of him, she thought, and he's right here. He knows I'll like a song before I've heard it. He laughs before I even get to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes me want to let him open doors for me. There's only one of him."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"There's no reason to think we're going to stop loving each other,' he said. 'And there's every reason to think that we won't."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
"She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet. If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away."
Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
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