Cath Quotes

“But hoping," he said, "is how the impossible can be possible after all.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“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.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“You flirt with everything." She could tell that her eyes were popping-- her eyeballs actually felt cold around the edges. "You flirt with old people and babies and everybody in between.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I'm just really active in the fandom."
"What the fuck is 'the fandom'?”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“I didn't want to like him back. I tried to be mean to him."

"I thought you were just mean," Reagan said. "I liked that about you.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“You don’t have any friends, your sister dumped you, you’re a freak eater..and you’ve got some weird thing about Simon Snow."

"I object to every single thing you just said."

Reagan chewed. And frowned. She was wearing dark red lipstick.

"I have lots of friends," Cath said.

"I never see them."

"I just got here. Most of my friends went to other schools. Or they’re online."

"Internet friends don’t count."

"Why not?"

Reagan shrugged disdainfully.

"And I don’t have a weird thing with Simon Snow," Cath said. "I’m just really active in the fandom."

"What the fuck is ‘the fandom’?”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Well,” she said. “I’m frustrated.”
“Don’t make me angry-kiss you.”
“Give me the laundry.”
“Tempers rising, faces flushed … This is how it happens.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Maybe we should go on lots of double dates,” Cath said, “and then we can get married on the same day in a double ceremony, in matching dresses, and the four of us will light the unity candle all at the same time.”
“Pfft,” Levi said, “I’m picking out my own dress.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“What’s wrong with Starbucks?"
“It's a big, faceless corporation.” He raised a good-natured brow. “So far, they've let me keep my face.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Hello again,’ she said, shivering in the night air.‘Good eve, fair lady, your forgiveness we implore, to come so brashly tapping, tapping at your chamber door.’‘Oh, well, this isn’t exactly my chamber door. More like a window, actually.’The Raven bobbed his head. ‘I made some alterations for the sake of the rhyme.’‘I see. Well – good evening, fair Raven, my forgiveness I bestow, for this uncanny meeting outside of my window.’A boisterous laugh startled Catherine, sending her heart into her throat.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Sweets and Tarts: The Most Wonderous Bakery in All of Hearts”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“I don't live to amuse you, you know."
"One, are you sure? Because you do. And two, we don't make fun of you. Very much. Anymore. And three...”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“It was a good weekend. Five thousand words of Carry On. Fish tacos with radish and shredded cabbage. Only two more conversations about Wren. And Sunday afternoon brought Levi back, taking her front steps two at a time.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Why were people always going on and on about the heart? Almost everything Levi happened in Cath's stomach.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Cath exhaled. Then inhaled. Her chest was so tight, it hurt both ways. Levi shouldn't get to make her feel this way - he shouldn't even have access to her chest.”
― Rainbow Rowell

“So this is what you look like when you're keeping a giant secret from me - exactly the same as usual.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“But I would stay. For you. If you want me. If—” “I want you.”
― Marrisa Meyer

“In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody bothers to explain to you. (And the ones you can’t google.) Like, where does the line start? What food can you taste? Where are you supposed to stand, then where are you supposed to sit? Where do you go when you’re done, why is everyone watching you? . . . Bah.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“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.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“No", she said, "I know that you don't like me."

"You don't know anything.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Are you okay?" she heard someone - Levi? - ask "Hey... are you crying?"
Cath ran her fingers along the cover, over the raised gold type.
Then someone else ran right into her, pushing the book into Cath's chest. Pushing two books into her chest. Cath looked up just as Wren threw an arm around her.
"They're both crying," Cath heard Reagan say. "I can't even watch."
Cath freed an arm to wrap around her sister. "I can't believe it's really over," she whispered.
Wren held her tight and shook her head. She really was crying, too. "Don't be so melodramatic, Cath," Wren laughed hoarsely. "It's never over... It's Simon.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“It’s just . . . everything. There are too many people. And I don’t fit in. I don’t know how to be.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“You have my heart, Jest. I don’t know if you deserve it or not. I can’t tell if you’re a hero or a villain, but it doesn’t seem to matter. Either way, my heart is yours.”
― Marrisa Meyer

“Prefiero verterme a mí misma en un mundo que amo y entiendo, que tratar de hacer algo de la nada.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“Le gustaba mirarlo. Le gustaba escucharlo; aunque a veces detestaba oírlo hablar con otras personas. Odiaba verlo repartir sonrisas a diestra y siniestra como si le sobraran, como si nunca se le agotaran. Hacía que todo pareciera tan fácil...”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“-Te echo de menos.
-Vaya tontería. Nos hemos visto esta mañana.
-No es cuestión de tiempo, sino de distancia.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight -- and Levi can't even read.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“-Quiero vivir en tu mente.-”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“-Si vas por ahí sonriendo a todo el mundo, ¿cómo se supone que debo sentirme cuando me sonríes a mí?
-¿Cómo te sientes cuando te sonrío?
-Como una idiota. Y me gustaría que no dejaras de hacerlo nunca.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl