--- title: "12 Blind Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "12 Blind quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Blind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/lauren-oliver-109_blind_if-you-take-we-will-take-back-steal-from_2034711.png" --- > [If you take, we will take back. Steal from us, and we will rob you blind. When you squeeze, we will hit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/if-you-take-we-will-take-back-steal-from-us-and-we-will-rob-you-blind-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/lauren-oliver-109_blind_if-you-take-we-will-take-back-steal-from_2034711.png) > [This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-was-what-true-fear-was-that-you-could-never-know-other-people-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/lauren-oliver-109_blind_this-was-what-true-fear-was-that-you-cou_1425204.png) > [An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/an-eye-for-an-eye-and-the-whole-world-goes-blind-coral-puts-in-quietly/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/lauren-oliver-109_blind_an-eye-for-an-eye-and-the-whole-world-go_1231218.png) > [“All human eyes are useless. You see only what you expect to see, and nothing more; and what is the use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/all-human-eyes-are-useless-you-see-only-what-you-expect-to-see-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/lauren-oliver-109_blind_all-human-eyes-are-useless-you-see-only_2487722.png) > [“We’re striking out mostly blind, using a compass and a series of old sketches that have been passed back”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-re-striking-out-mostly-blind-using-a-compass-and-a-series-of-old/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/lauren-oliver-109_blind_we-re-striking-out-mostly-blind-using-a_668131.png) > [Chance. Stupid, dumb, blind chance. Just a part of the strange mechanism of the world, with its fits and coughs and starts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/chance-stupid-dumb-blind-chance-just-a-part-of-the-strange-mechanism/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/lauren-oliver-109_blind_chance-stupid-dumb-blind-chance-just-a-p_2652463.png) > [“will have to go in blind, and pray that there are no guards at this entrance. This”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/will-have-to-go-in-blind-and-pray-that-there-are-no-guards-at-this/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/lauren-oliver-109_blind_will-have-to-go-in-blind-and-pray-that-t_2933387.png) > [One of the strangest things about life is that it will chug on, blind and oblivious, even as your private world -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/one-of-the-strangest-things-about-life-is-that-it-will-chug-on-blind-3/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/lauren-oliver-109_blind_one-of-the-strangest-things-about-life-i_2793899.jpg) > [They say the cure is about happiness, but I understand now that it isn't, and it never was. It's about fear: fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/they-say-the-cure-is-about-happiness-but-i-understand-now-that-it-isn/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/lauren-oliver-109_animal_they-say-the-cure-is-about-happiness-but_323595.png) > [They haven't killed us yet," I say, and I imagine that one day I will fly a plane over Portland, over Rochester,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/they-haven-t-killed-us-yet-i-say-and-i-imagine-that-one-day-i-will/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/lauren-oliver-109_bleeding_they-haven-t-killed-us-yet-i-say-and-i-i_2929699.png) > [We are such small, stupid things. For most of my life I thought of nature as the stupid thing: Blind, animal, destructive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-are-such-small-stupid-things-for-most-of-my-life-i-thought-of/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/lauren-oliver-109_animal_we-are-such-small-stupid-things-for-most_3062687.png) > [“One of the strangest things about life is that it will chug on, blind and oblivious, even as your private world-your little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/one-of-the-strangest-things-about-life-is-that-it-will-chug-on-blind-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/lauren-oliver-109_blind_one-of-the-strangest-things-about-life-i_1673355.jpg) ## Other authors on Blind - [Helen Keller 39 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/helen-keller/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-chris-mccausland-6393.jpg) Chris McCausland 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/chris-mccausland/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jose-saramago-53213.jpg) Jose Saramago 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/jos-saramago/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/victor-hugo/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/rumi/) - [Mark Twain 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/mark-twain/) ## More by Lauren Oliver > [“My aunt Carol hasn’t heard her say a word in the whole six years and three months of Grace’s life—not a single syllable. Carol…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/my-aunt-carol-hasn-t-heard-her-say-a-word-in-the-whole-six-years-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-is-what-happens-when-you-try-to-help-people-you-get-screwed/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [We'll walk together holding hands, and kiss in broad daylight, and love each other as much as we want to, and no one will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-ll-walk-together-holding-hands-and-kiss-in-broad-daylight-and-love/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [“It seem absurd to me that they don't know, haven't felt any change or tremor, even as my life has been completely turned upside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-seem-absurd-to-me-that-they-don-t-know-haven-t-felt-any-change-or/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [“At least when I'm sleeping I can dream myself back to Alex, can dream myself into a different world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/at-least-when-i-m-sleeping-i-can-dream-myself-back-to-alex-can-dream/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/people-are-like-ants-just-a-few-of-them-give-all-the-orders-and-most/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [Summer explodes into Portland. In early June the heat was there but not the color--the green were still pale and tentative, the morning had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/summer-explodes-into-portland-in-early-june-the-heat-was-there-but/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [Mistake, mistake, mistake. A strange word: stinging, somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/mistake-mistake-mistake-a-strange-word-stinging-somehow/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [I wonder if it's ever really possible to know the truth about someone else, or if the best we can do is just stumble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-wonder-if-it-s-ever-really-possible-to-know-the-truth-about-someone/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [“Julian is somewhere among those lights, in that blur of people and buildings. I wonder whether he's scared. I wonder whether he's thinking of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/julian-is-somewhere-among-those-lights-in-that-blur-of-people-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/a-room-full-of-words-that-are-nearly-the-truth-but-not-quite-each/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [“She’s the kind of person who makes you feel drunk just by being around her, like suddenly the world’s edges are dulled and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/she-s-the-kind-of-person-who-makes-you-feel-drunk-just-by-being/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [“Stop!” His voice rings out sharply, hard as a slap. He releases me and I stumble backward. “Alex is dead, do you hear me?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/stop-his-voice-rings-out-sharply-hard-as-a-slap-he-releases-me-and-i/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [..in that moment i realize how much i love the little everyday routines of my life..the details that are my life's special pattern, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/in-that-moment-i-realize-how-much-i-love-the-little-everyday-routines/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [“You can't judge a book by its steel-toed combat boots.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/you-can-t-judge-a-book-by-its-steel-toed-combat-boots/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "12 Blind Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you take, we will take back. 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