It’s just … everything. There are too many people. And I don’t fit in. I don’t know how to be. Nothing that I’m good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesn’t matter—and being good with words. And when those things do matter, it’s only because people want something from me. Not because they want me.
Rainbow RowellThe strange thing about seeing someone for first time in nine years is the way they look totally different, just for a second, a split second, and then they look at you the way they always have, as if no time has passed between you.
Rainbow RowellThe squirrels on campus were beyond domestic; they were practically domestically abusive.
Rainbow RowellA landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.
Rainbow Rowell