Eleanor and Park Theme Quotes

Everywhere you look in Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell there are quotes. I’ve been keeping a list of the quotes that I liked and thought would make a great theme for my website. Hopefully, you’ll find some you like, too.

Eleanor and Park Theme Quotes

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

 

you are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, because you are mine.

 

You have to forgive me. Because I’m just a boy, trying to love a girl who’s too afraid to trust

 

“Smiling is my favorite” -Eleanor

 

You’re like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again”

 

I’m your real-life superhero

 

He looked like a puppy and she felt like pulling his hair.

 

Ya know, sometimes getting caught on the kiss cam is better than not getting caught at all.

 

A place for two misfits to find each other.

 

All the things I want to say can’t be explained in a caption.

 

Two people, two parallel lives. And then they begin to meet.

 

“It was a smile that understood me and forgave me and believed in me. It was a smile that saved my life.”

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

 

“If you are struggling with the ending, it is because your story was too long.”

 

maybe this is the person who, without knowing it, shows you that there’s a way to be happy.

 

he made me feel like a little kid again, who got to stay up late, who got to eat Lucky Charms.”

 

“I like you, Eleanor. I always have.”

 

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

 

I looked down because I was embarrassed. Because I knew I was red and blotchy and gross.

 

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

 

Dreaming is a way of making wishes come true.

 

“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same…” Happy Monday, friends!

 

Stay wild, moon child

 

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.””

 

I like him because he’s funny. And I hate him because he makes me feel funny

 

If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.- Eleanor

 

Sometimes people are beautiful.Not in looks.Not in what they say.Just in what they are.

 

And you didn’t even know my name, but you were everything to me.

 

“Because you can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

 

“Stupid people were, like, the only interesting kind. They were always doing strange things and saying crazy stuff.”

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

“I’m sure it’d be more interesting to be smart, but it would probably be boring to always know the right answers.”

 

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

 

Sometimes it’s the worst things in our lives that make us who we are.

 

The only place you have to reach is across the breakfast table.

 

“I can hear you over here.”

 

All that is golden does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

 

“We’re here, we’re weird and we like each other.”  – Eleanor and Park

 

you are the fleetwood mac to my Stevie Nicks

 

Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

 

When I first met you, I thought you were like the other guys at school. But deep down I knew that you weren’t just another one of the boys.

 

he knew only one thing more dizzying than that first kiss: the first “i love you.”

 

We don’t always have to be cute and nice to each other, do we?

 

I don’t like it when people talk about me

 

the recreation of memories is a very wistful thing

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

You are so busy being YOU, that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.

 

But as we walked, holding hands and bumping shoulders, I started to feel better. Because the thing is, if you really love someone, you don’t just stop.

 

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.

 

Holding hands is easy. Fitting your entire hand into someone else’s is not.

 

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

 

“You change. I change. We all change. Everything changes. Love changes, People change and it’s ok”

 

I can’t stay away. I can’t stop thinking about you. You’re all I ever wanted

 

I love you all over the place

 

i’m just like, a balloon. i guess i can float away, but you’re the only thing keeping me down.

 

you made me feel ashamed of feeling anything at all.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

#ThrowbackThursday to our early days of @lunchboxwax. We are always amazed by your love and support! #LunchboxLove

 

life’s too short to start your day with broken pieces of yesterday, it will definitely destroy your wonderful today and ruin your great tomorrow.

 

“And I don’t know if you can see it, she said softly. But there’s a light coming in through my window.”

 

I won’t be afraid as long as you stand by me.

 

I’ve been waiting for you.I didn’t know it until now. I just knew that when I met someone, it would be you.

 

“You are so much more than I deserve.”

 

Holding someone’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. So delicate, and yet so powerful. This fragile palm cupped in mine felt like it could keep me from drowning

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

we’re just two girls going nowhere on a hot summer night.

 

But sometimes change is good. You can’t just shut the world out and hide in your room, you know? That never really works.

 

It felt like falling and flying at the same time.

 

Never a wasted word

 

You can’t kiss anyone with a mouth full of pumpkin seeds.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

 

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

 

Maybe you’re beautiful. Or maybe it’s the way you look at me. Or maybe I’m in love with you.”

 

Once upon a time, my heart was a lonely hunter. Then you came along and I fell for you.

 

I could see myself falling in love with you.””I want the world to burn.””

 

I like that you’re a little freaked out. It means you’re normal

 

Come with me. Now.

 

It’s hard to feel sad when you’re holding hands with someone.

 

We’re all going to die, choking on our own breath.

 

here are the best quotes from Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.” – Eleanor & Park

 

“I knocked on his window, and he lowered it. “Park,” I said. He looked at me, waiting for the rest. I cleared my throat and looked away, but then back at him. “I love you.”

 

hope you are appreciated and that you know it

 

I like it when you smile. But I love it when I’m the reason.

 

All my life, I’ve been a sucker for pretty dark-haired boys who like music and don’t talk much.

 

“She was totally wrong. He wasn’t the kind of boy you brought home. He was the kind of boy you kept secret.”

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly… like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

People are supposed to be happy, aren’t they?

 

“I woke up today, Eleanor. I woke up, and you weren’t here, and I could have missed you forever.”

 

Holding someone’s hand is a promise that you’re going to take care of that person.

 

After all, tomorrow is another day.

 

Eleanor & Park reminded me that first love often comes suddenly, love at first sight exists and, most wonderfully of all, it sometimes lasts.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

 

it’s a life’s work finding the right person to love. but it’s worth it.

 

The only thing worse than being lonely is being forgotten by someone you could never forget.

 

You’re my favorite person of all time.

 

It’s like I have a best friend I never see.

 

If you give me cuddles, I’ll give you my heart.

 

I’d like to be your favorite hello and hardest goodbye.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

“We were weird together. We made each other normal.”

 

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

 

The world is rough. This book is rough. But in the end, it leaves you feeling just a bit more hopeful.

 

eleanor and park was a good book

 

#EleanorandPark #SparkLife “They’re better than kissing. A kiss is wrong, but reading is right. Because it’s true. You can never get enough of the truth.” “I’m having a really bad week,” said Eleanor.

 

“He’s just your favorite book. He’s comfortable, and you know what to expect. But every now and then he surprises you. And makes you think maybe there is something more to this story.” – Eleanor & Park

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.” ― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

 

Holding hands is an act of faith. That no matter what happens, we will always have each other. – Eleanor & Park

 

reading with you beside me is my favorite place to be

 

It’s like, I don’t even remember what life was like before you”

 

Love is like a song.  It can’t be contained.

 

We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

 

“You’re like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again”

 

The only thing better than imagining you is meeting you.

 

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

 

The first time I met Park, I knew he was a loser.

 

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

 

“you’re gonna wake up one day and realize how amazing she is, and when that day comes, she’ll be waking up with somebody else.”

 

Nothing is sweeter than young love, and nothing is harder than going through a breakup.

 

You make me see a good side of humans

 

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

quietly, she’s falling apart

 

“It’s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.”

 

Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.

 

Wherever you are, I will join you there.

 

Some bodies are just built to fit together.

 

I’ll be your captain! You can even call me captain!

 

When someone’s been a part of your life, they are forever a part of your life.” — Eleanor & Park

 

be in love with your life

 

“Because when you’re in love, it’s easy to pretend, because pretending is a way of saying ‘I’m sorry.’

 

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are

 

“I wish you would kiss me. I wish he would kiss me. I wish someone would kiss me.”

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

I leaned my head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around me, pulling me close and kissing the top of my head. We fit together, like pieces of a puzzle.

 

We could go anywhere, as long as we were together.

 

Spooning is like hugging from the inside.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

Magic is simple. It’s just a matter of believing.

If only Eleanor could have met Park a year earlier… Who knows what would have happened?

 

I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.

 

The only way to stay sane is to giggle at your own craziness.

 

True love is ordinary. It’s the little everyday things that make up a persons life.

 

everyone should be able to be themselves

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

There are two types of people in the world. Those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

 

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

 

“You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”

 

It’s called a tunnel because of the light at the end.

 

“There is good in this world, Mr. Frodo … and it’s all worth fighting for.”

 

“I am not a princess. I don’t need saving. I’m perfectly capable of fighting my own battles.”

 

“If Eleanor was a song, she’d be the kind that played on repeat untill you were humming along”

 

They say true love hides in every corner. I must be walking in circles!

 

Why is it so hard to admit I like you? Why is liking you a bad thing?

 

“I like you. I probably like you more than anyone has ever liked me.”

 

Honey, I know what it’s like to be different-to be hungry.

 

It’s good to see you…again

 

I like the part when you smile.

 

“I could spend seventy-odd years trying to understand Eleanor, and still die ignorant. I don’t think any one person could understand her.”

 

I could take it all away, you know. If you were mine.

 

Holding hands is easy, keeping the hold is another story.

 

You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world…but you do have some say in who hurts you.

 

We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying

 

Eleanor & Park make me weak in the knees and strong in the heart.

 

“I like myself better when I’m with you.”― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

 

I’d rather think I was bad and then figure out I’m wrong than think I’m good or deserving and then find out that’s too big of a lie to live with.”

 

“Inside, you are all guts and fire. You’re beautiful.” – Eleanor

 

I don’t like being a person. I want to be something else, something better.

 

“Books & you = best friends forever. You know too much, and you’re my only hope.” – Eleanor Douglas

 

Are you okay? You seem a little off.

 

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat.

 

“All the shiny happy people holding hands.”

 

you might have the world on a string, but one day it’ll snap back and burn your fingers — Eleanor.

 

Holding someone close, cheek-to-cheek, is a form of protection. It’s shelter from the storm. It’s home.

 

If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

 

“the first part of falling in love with someone is always easy.”

 

“I want to reach out and grab the people, who read this book, and hug them. I really want to give them cookies and milk, or coffee if they prefer.” –

 

I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.

 

“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”

 

I’m going to mess it up.

 

“We’re so young, we’re so young. We can still make all the mistakes we have time to make.”

 

“I’m glad I met you, Eleanor. You are a strong, good person.”

 

Love is messy. It’s kind of like a bowl of soup. It doesn’t matter how careful you are, you’re always bound to get some on your shirt.

 

Be normal. Be cool. Be awesome

 

Eleanor: “I like to read.” Park: “I like you.”

 

“I want to be with you until my last page.”

 

I’m sorry and I love you.

 

I love it when you read to me.

 

I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

 

The only way to survive is to pretend you are someone else.

 

take my hand, take my whole life too.

 

You’re pulling the wool over his eyes and he’s falling for it.

 

“I can’t look at you. You’re too much. It’s like looking at the sun.”

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