Death Quotes by Lauren Oliver

“she might be dying. The idea pleased her.”

— Lauren Oliver

I need to live my life in the light of their deaths. I need to live.

— Lauren Oliver

There are some losses we never get over.

— Lauren Oliver

Grief is like sinking, like being buried.

— Lauren Oliver

“There's no way to escape the crushing sense of loss, the endless exhaustion of time sawing away at the people and things…

— Lauren Oliver

Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do.

— Lauren Oliver

I feel a flash of grief so intense it almost makes me cry out: not for what I lost, but for the…

— Lauren Oliver

“They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that’s not how it happened for me.”

— Lauren Oliver

What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.

— Lauren Oliver

Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says. it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts.

— Lauren Oliver

I'm not scared, if that's what you're wondering. The moment of death is full of sound and warmth and light shooting away,…

— Lauren Oliver

For a second, I feel a sense of overwhelming grief: for how things change, for the fact that we can never go…

— Lauren Oliver

“That’s when it happens. The moment of death is full of heat and sound and pain bigger than anything, a funnel of…

— Lauren Oliver

Be honest: Are you surprised that I didn't realize sooner? Are you surprised that it took me so long to even /think/…

— Lauren Oliver

“For years that's been the buzzword of the house: Sam just wants to be left alone... ...Things change after you die, though…

— Lauren Oliver

“But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you: is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to…

— Lauren Oliver

Of all the miracles Po had seen in the time and space of its death, Po thought this--the absorption of another, the…

— Lauren Oliver

Two weeks until your cure" she says finally. "Sixteen days" I say, but in my head I'm counting: Seven days. Seven days…

— Lauren Oliver

It was all very strange, Mr. Gray thought, as he wiped the coffee canister clean with a sponge. Very, very mysterious. You…

— Lauren Oliver

“That's when it happens. The moment of death is full of heat and sound and pain bigger than anything, a funnel of…

— Lauren Oliver