--- title: "5 Chosen Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "5 Chosen quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Chosen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-hav_2063895.png" --- > [We are all punished for the lives we have chosen, in one way or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-have-chosen-in-one-way-or-another/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-hav_2063895.png) > [We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-are-always-being-pushed-and-squeezed-down-one-road-or-another-we/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/lauren-oliver-109_choices_we-are-always-being-pushed-and-squeezed_2621264.png) > [I’m with Julian,” I say at last. This, after all, is what I have chosen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-m-with-julian-i-say-at-last-this-after-all-is-what-i-have-chosen/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_i-m-with-julian-i-say-at-last-this-after_2977611.png) > [Who knows? Maybe they’re right. Maybe we are driven crazy by our feelings. Maybe love is a disease, and we would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/who-knows-maybe-they-re-right-maybe-we-are-driven-crazy-by-our/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_who-knows-maybe-they-re-right-maybe-we-a_3041160.jpg) > [They couldn’t have known that even this was a lie—that we never really choose, not entirely. We are always being pushed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/they-couldn-t-have-known-that-even-this-was-a-lie-that-we-never/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/lauren-oliver-109_choice_they-couldn-t-have-known-that-even-this_3173443.jpg) ## Other authors on Chosen ## 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/chosen/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "5 Chosen Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are all punished for the lives we have chosen, in one way or another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-have-chosen-in-one-way-or-another/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-hav_2063895.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-hav_2063895.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/lauren-oliver-109_chosen_we-are-all-punished-for-the-lives-we-hav_2063895.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are all punished for the lives we have chosen, in one way or another.” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. 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