--- title: "22 Different Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "22 Different quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Different sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/lauren-oliver-109_alive_is-this-freedom-is-it-happiness-i-don-t_1654280.png" --- > [Is this freedom? Is it happiness? I don't know. I don't care anymore. It is different--it is being alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/is-this-freedom-is-it-happiness-i-don-t-know-i-don-t-care-anymore-it/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/lauren-oliver-109_alive_is-this-freedom-is-it-happiness-i-don-t_1654280.png) > [“He wasn't afraid. He just didn't care. And that was very, very different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/he-wasn-t-afraid-he-just-didn-t-care-and-that-was-very-very-different/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/lauren-oliver-109_afraid_he-wasn-t-afraid-he-just-didn-t-care-and_2440390.png) > [I'm starved for different light, a different sun,different sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-m-starved-for-different-light-a-different-sun-different-sky/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/lauren-oliver-109_different_i-m-starved-for-different-light-a-differ_1008924.png) > [i feel like a curtain has dropped away and i'm seeing people for who they really are, different, and sharp, and unknowable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-feel-like-a-curtain-has-dropped-away-and-i-m-seeing-people-for-who/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/lauren-oliver-109_curtains_i-feel-like-a-curtain-has-dropped-away-a_1098886.png) > [That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/that-is-the-strangest-thing-about-the-world-how-it-looks-so-different/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/lauren-oliver-109_different_that-is-the-strangest-thing-about-the-wo_1788982.png) > [You came form different starts and you'll come to different ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/you-came-form-different-starts-and-you-ll-come-to-different-ends/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/lauren-oliver-109_beginning_you-came-form-different-starts-and-you-l_2063290.png) > [“She was always different from other people—more outspoken, more independent, more fearless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/she-was-always-different-from-other-people-more-outspoken-more/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/lauren-oliver-109_different_she-was-always-different-from-other-peop_1108459.png) > [With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/with-delirium-i-had-to-spend-time-thinking-about-the-political-social/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/lauren-oliver-109_about_with-delirium-i-had-to-spend-time-thinki_1904932.png) > [One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/one-of-the-things-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-career-is-really-write/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/lauren-oliver-109_able_one-of-the-things-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my_1383100.png) > [it seemed a lifetime ago i'd lain in bed with Lena and felt her breath tickling my chin and held her while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-seemed-a-lifetime-ago-i-d-lain-in-bed-with-lena-and-felt-her/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/lauren-oliver-109_bed_it-seemed-a-lifetime-ago-i-d-lain-in-bed_2238948.png) > [Maybe all of these different possibilities exist at the same time, like each moment we live has a thousand other moments layered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/maybe-all-of-these-different-possibilities-exist-at-the-same-time/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/lauren-oliver-109_different_maybe-all-of-these-different-possibiliti_767940.png) > [At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/at-the-same-time-i-know-that-it-s-not-really-their-fault-at-least-not/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f6/lauren-oliver-109_anger_at-the-same-time-i-know-that-it-s-not-re_173548.png) > [This is the first day of my new beginning. From now on I'm going to do things right. I'm going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-beginning-from-now-on-i-m-going-to-do/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/lauren-oliver-109_beginning_this-is-the-first-day-of-my-new-beginnin_2826275.png) > [It's like there's a filter set up in my brain, except instead of making things better, it twists everything around so what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-like-there-s-a-filter-set-up-in-my-brain-except-instead-of/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/lauren-oliver-109_brain_it-s-like-there-s-a-filter-set-up-in-my_846088.jpg) > [It's like high school holds two different worlds, revolving around each other an never touching; the haves and the have-nots. I guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-like-high-school-holds-two-different-worlds-revolving-around/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/lauren-oliver-109_different_it-s-like-high-school-holds-two-differen_898287.jpg) > [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) > [Sometimes I feel as though there are two me's, one coasting directly on top of the other: the superficial me, who nods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/sometimes-i-feel-as-though-there-are-two-me-s-one-coasting-directly/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/lauren-oliver-109_deeper_sometimes-i-feel-as-though-there-are-two_3037137.jpg) > [Po swirled upward from where it had been sitting, and floated over to the window. "When you go swimming and you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/po-swirled-upward-from-where-it-had-been-sitting-and-floated-over-to/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/lauren-oliver-109_air_po-swirled-upward-from-where-it-had-been_3016928.png) > [The house, the pond, the tree-it was all both overwhelmingly familiar and different from what she remembered-smaller and shabbier, somehow. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-house-the-pond-the-tree-it-was-all-both-overwhelmingly-familiar/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/lauren-oliver-109_changed_the-house-the-pond-the-tree-it-was-all-b_2461115.png) > [“Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/most-of-us-won-t-see-one-another-after-graduation-and-even-if-we-do/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/lauren-oliver-109_adults_most-of-us-won-t-see-one-another-after-g_430320.jpg) > [It amazes me how easy it is for things to change, how easy it is to start off down the same road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-amazes-me-how-easy-it-is-for-things-to-change-how-easy-it-is-to/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/lauren-oliver-109_able_it-amazes-me-how-easy-it-is-for-things-t_99771.png) > [it's weird how much people change. for example, when i was a kid i loved all of these things..and over time all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-weird-how-much-people-change-for-example-when-i-was-a-kid-i/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/lauren-oliver-109_adults_it-s-weird-how-much-people-change-for-ex_1389548.png) ## Other authors on Different ## 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/different/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "22 Different Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is this freedom? 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