Rainbow Rowell

“I’d know you in the dark, he said. From a thousand miles away. There’s nothing you could become that I haven’t already fallen in love with.”

“I didn't know love could leave the lights on all the time.”

“He knew why he wanted to kiss her. Because she was beautiful. And before that, because she was kind. And before that, because she was smart and funny. Because she was exactly the right kind of smart and funny. Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her without ever getting bored. Because whenever he saw something new and interesting, or new and ridiculous, he always wondered what she'd have to say about it--how many stars she'd give it and why.”

“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.”

“Lincoln? she asked.
Yes?
Do you believe in love at first sight?
He made himself look at her face, at her wide-open eyes and earnest forehead. At her unbearably sweet mouth.
I don’t know, he said. Do you believe in love before that?
Her breath caught in her throat like a sore hiccup.
And then it was too much to keep trying not to kiss her.”