Let it be known that Rainbow Rowell is one of my favourite writers of all time. This author just keeps on spitting awesome rom-coms, and I'm not complaining.
She has become famous for her quirky works like 'Eleanor and Park' and 'Fan Girl', but my favourite one is actually her debut novel.
Attachments came out in 2011 and it's a workplace romance set in a newsroom. The reason why I prefer it over her more famous works is because it's not considered YA (I'm just tired of YA). And it has the PUREST male lead ever. I swear, Rainbow Rowell is just so good at retaining my faith in boys, men, humanity and love, in general. She paints characters so well, not because she makes them perfectly but because she retains the human in them. And that's hard to do when you're trying to make a likeable and profitable project, and readers/consumers just want goody Perfect Prince Charming. Her writing style is commendable as well. I was never bored when I sat through this book.
So Attachments is set pre-2000s and is about this IT guy working in a newsroom. He reads the emails inside the company to assure his employers that their workers are complying with their policies. He stumbles upon the threads from a set of best friends and this becomes his daily entertainment.
Favourite Lines from:
Attachments
by Rainbow Rowell
I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad thing doesn’t hit you as hard. You can roll with the punch if you see it coming.
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How could I stay with him, once I knew that he felt like being in love with me was his cross to bear?
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<Beth to Jennifer>> So I brought this on myself?
<<Jennifer to Beth>> Maybe. I don’t know. I don’t think it matters what I think or what I did or didn’t see coming. You had to see it for yourself. You had to see it through.
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Enough is enough is enough.
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Things get better—hurt less—over time. If you let them.
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But the aching faded, too.
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There are moments when you can’t believe something wonderful is happening. And there are moments when your entire consciousness is filled with knowing absolutely that something wonderful is happening.
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he was running for his life, like he was on deadline. Like if he stopped, he might settle into his old self, get trapped in his old loop
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“Do you believe in love at first sight?”
“I don’t know,” he said. “Do you believe in love before that?”
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“I pictured you,” he said. “I just didn’t know what you looked like
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“And then, when I did know what you looked like, you looked like the girl who was all those things. You looked like the girl I loved.”
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“I don’t think I can explain it. I don’t think I can make it make any more sense. But I’ll keep trying. If you want me to.”
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“I didn’t know love could leave the lights on all the time. Do you know what I mean?”
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“I didn’t know someone could love me like this,” she said. “Could love me and love me and love me without …needing space.” Lincoln wasn’t asleep. He rolled on top of her.
“There’s no air in space,” he said.
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I didn’t know it could just go on and on and like this without falling off an edge. Like pi.”
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“So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
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