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The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On

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This collection brings together four novels by the acclaimed author Rainbow Rowell. Eleanor & Park is a story of star-crossed romance set in the 1980s. Fangirl explores the complex relationship between siblings and their love for fan fiction. Landline is a novel about a woman who discovers her landline phone can connect her to her past. Carry On is a fantasy novel that delves into themes of love, loss, and the power of storytelling.

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This collection brings together four novels by the acclaimed author Rainbow Rowell. Eleanor & Park is a story of star-crossed romance set in the 1980s. Fangirl explores the complex relationship between siblings and their love for fan fiction. Landline is a novel about a woman who discovers her landline phone can connect her to her past. Carry On is a fantasy novel that delves into themes of love, loss, and the power of storytelling.

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The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On Quotes

“I'm afraid," Professor Piper said, "afraid that you're never going to discover what you're truly capable of. That you won't get to see-that I won't get to see-any of the wonder that's inside of you.”

Said Wonder Capable Professors Pipers

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“She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.”

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“And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did.”

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“But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.”

Way Findings Pockets Betray New Ways Shallow

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“Eleanor had never thought about killing herself – ever – but she thought a lot about stopping. Just running until she couldn’t run anymore. Jumping from something so high that she’d never hit the bottom.”

Running Killing Bottom Stopping Jumping Eleanor

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“You look different. You look unsettling.’ ‘You look like you,’ he said. ‘You with the volume turned up.”

Looks Said Different Like You Volume

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“What if Park realized that all the things he thought were so mysterious and intriguing about her were actually just … bleak?”

Ifs Mysterious Parks What If Intriguing Bleak

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“And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify to that fact.”

Humans Stills Sometimes Facts Hands Human Beings Alive Prove

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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.”

Ifs Steps Forgiving Apologizing Toes

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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.”

Trying Fall Branches Swimming Cliffs Falling Down Grabbing Swimming Upstream

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“It’s not my job to want you or not want you. It’s not my job to earn you.”

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“I like your glasses,” he said. “I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don’t smile at everyone, because then, when you smile at me.… Cather.”

Said Smile Glasses Snow Shirts T Shirt

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“You know," he said, "I keep wanting to say that it's like Simon Snow threw up in here... but it's more like someone else ate Simon Snow—like somebody went to an all-you-care-to-eat Simon Snow buffet—and then threw up in here.”

Knows Said Care Snow Buffets

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“Park was never going to love her more than he did on the day they said goodbye. And she couldn’t bear to think of him loving her less.”

Thinking Said Bears Parks Goodbye They Said

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“No, I know,” Levi said. “But it’s not you. You don’t push through every moment. You pay attention. You take everything in. I like that about you—I like that better.” Cath closed her eyes and felt tears catch on her cheeks. “I like your glasses,” he said. “I like your Simon Snow T-shirts. I like that you don’t smile at everyone, because then, when you smile at me.… Cather.” He kissed her mouth. “Look at me.” She did. “I choose you over everyone.”

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“I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.”

Said Matter Happens No Matter What Forgiving

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“Eleanor hadn't written him a letter. It was a postcard. GREETINGS FROM THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES it said on the front. Park turned it over and recognized her scratchy handwriting. It filled his head with song lyrics. He sat up. He smiled. Something heavy and winged took off from his chest. Eleanor hadn't written him a letter, it was a postcard. Just three words long.”

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“He tried to remember how this happened – how she went from someone he’d never met to the only one who mattered.”

Remember Happened Mets

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“Nothing before you counts,” he said. “And I can’t even imagine an after.”

Said I Can Imagine

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“You always ask that. Why. Like there's an answer for everything. Not everybody has your life, you know, or your family. In your life, things happen for reasons. People make sense. But that's not my life. Nobody in my life makes sense.”

People Knows Reason Happens Asks Answers Things Happen Make Sense Our Family Happens For A Reason

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“You flirt with old people and babies and everybody in between.”

People Baby Flirting Old People

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