--- title: "1 Dead Animals Quotes By Olivia A. Cole" description: "1 Dead Animals quotes by Olivia A. Cole. Plus more from Olivia A. Cole and more Dead Animals sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/olivia-a-cole-30798_animals_i-thought-i-could-wait-to-tell-you-until_183982.jpg" --- > [“I thought I could wait to tell you until everything was figured out,” she says. “I didn’t think you’d have any contact with actual animals until you were twenty-one, when you were in the labs. The philax was an accident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/i-thought-i-could-wait-to-tell-you-until-everything-was-figured-out/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/olivia-a-cole-30798_animals_i-thought-i-could-wait-to-tell-you-until_183982.jpg) ## More by Olivia A. Cole > [“Before, when my father and I would actually talk, he might have told me that the kunike turn a different color if what’s approaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/before-when-my-father-and-i-would-actually-talk-he-might-have-told-me/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“I thought I could wait to tell you until everything was figured out,” she says. “I didn’t think you’d have any contact with actual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/i-thought-i-could-wait-to-tell-you-until-everything-was-figured-out/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“Don’t call me stupid,” Yaya says, taking a half step toward me. The shine of tears in her eyes is gone: she’s fully angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/don-t-call-me-stupid-yaya-says-taking-a-half-step-toward-me-the-shine/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“Before I can allow myself to explore the idea of whether Rondo also thinks she’s the prettiest girl on the planet, I snatch myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/before-i-can-allow-myself-to-explore-the-idea-of-whether-rondo-also/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“It makes a beautiful sound.” “You can play it?” I’m impressed. My dad tried me on his drum once or twice, but it wasn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/it-makes-a-beautiful-sound-you-can-play-it-i-m-impressed-my-dad-tried/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“And we’re supposed to be clever, we students of N’Terra, children of whitecoats. It is our skills that will determine our survival. The founders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/and-we-re-supposed-to-be-clever-we-students-of-n-terra-children-of/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“My smile fades and I’m very aware of the blood in my veins. I wonder if he’s mad after what I said. In any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/my-smile-fades-and-i-m-very-aware-of-the-blood-in-my-veins-i-wonder/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“There’s more to the world than logic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/there-s-more-to-the-world-than-logic/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“My father and I live under different suns. In reality, it is the same: red and hungry, an intense crimson eye that sends the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/my-father-and-i-live-under-different-suns-in-reality-it-is-the-same/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“My mother hmms and goes to the kitchen, where cupboards dug into the clay wall are filled with round fruits of orange and green,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/my-mother-hmms-and-goes-to-the-kitchen-where-cupboards-dug-into-the/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“Albaturean or not,” he says, jerking his head over his shoulder to indicate the shopkeeper. “I wish I could do that.” “What? Make vague…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/albaturean-or-not-he-says-jerking-his-head-over-his-shoulder-to/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“Facts are not always facts. The version of the truth we know is what is shown to us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/facts-are-not-always-facts-the-version-of-the-truth-we-know-is-what/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“Fear makes people stupid,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/fear-makes-people-stupid/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“The vasana!” I shout. “I saw Dr. Albatur with Vasana 11. The dirixi fangs. I saw the procedure. I know what you’re doing back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/the-vasana-i-shout-i-saw-dr-albatur-with-vasana-11-the-dirixi-fangs-i/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) > [“Look at you,” I say, greeting her with a shoulder bump. She smiles her wide smile. “My hair is getting so long. My mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/look-at-you-i-say-greeting-her-with-a-shoulder-bump-she-smiles-her/) [Olivia A. 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