--- title: "8 Deadly Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "8 Deadly quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Deadly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/lauren-oliver-109_deadly_love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things_225663.png" --- > [“Love, the deadliest of all deadly things... It kills you both when you have it and when you don't”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things-it-kills-you-both-when-you/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/lauren-oliver-109_deadly_love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things_225663.png) > [“Love, the deadliest of all deadly things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/lauren-oliver-109_deadliest_love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things_683609.png) > [The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things-it-kills-you-both-when-you-have-it/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/lauren-oliver-109_deadly_the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things-it-ki_1674118.png) > [“deadly, silent shadows. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/deadly-silent-shadows-the/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/lauren-oliver-109_deadly_deadly-silent-shadows-the-1691271_1691271.png) > [“Love, the deadliest of all deadly things. It kills you. Alex. When you have it. Alex. And when you don't. Alex.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things-it-kills-you-alex-when-you/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/lauren-oliver-109_alex_love-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things_1718470.png) > [If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can’t say it; it is too close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/if-he-were-less-well-trained-and-less-careful-he-would-say-hate-but/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/lauren-oliver-109_amor_if-he-were-less-well-trained-and-less-ca_1864360.jpg) > [Amor deliria nervosa. The deadliest of all deadly things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/amor-deliria-nervosa-the-deadliest-of-all-deadly-things/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/lauren-oliver-109_amor_amor-deliria-nervosa-the-deadliest-of-al_2184256.png) > [“is the most deadly of all evils, you can die of love or lack of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/is-the-most-deadly-of-all-evils-you-can-die-of-love-or-lack-of-it/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/lauren-oliver-109_deadly_is-the-most-deadly-of-all-evils-you-can_2786786.png) ## 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/deadly/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "8 Deadly Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Love, the deadliest of all deadly things... 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