--- title: "9 Dust Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "9 Dust quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Dust sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/lauren-oliver-109_dust_how-can-someone-have-the-power-to-shatte_1386625.png" --- > [“How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust—and also to make you feel so whole? The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/how-can-someone-have-the-power-to-shatter-you-to-dust-and-also-to/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/lauren-oliver-109_dust_how-can-someone-have-the-power-to-shatte_1386625.png) > [In a world without love, this is what people are to each other: values, benefits, and liabilities, numbers and data. We weigh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/in-a-world-without-love-this-is-what-people-are-to-each-other-values/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/lauren-oliver-109_benefits_in-a-world-without-love-this-is-what-peo_1024802.png) > [This is the language of the world before—a world of chaos and confusion and happiness and despair—before the blitz turned streets to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-is-the-language-of-the-world-before-a-world-of-chaos-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/lauren-oliver-109_blitz_this-is-the-language-of-the-world-before_1609400.png) > [“But the guilt goes even deeper than that. It, too, is dust: Layers and layers of it have accumulated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/but-the-guilt-goes-even-deeper-than-that-it-too-is-dust-layers-and-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/lauren-oliver-109_dust_but-the-guilt-goes-even-deeper-than-that_3064816.png) > [I don't know how i stay on my feet, why i don;t just shatter into dust right there, why my heart keeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-don-t-know-how-i-stay-on-my-feet-why-i-don-t-just-shatter-into-dust/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/lauren-oliver-109_dust_i-don-t-know-how-i-stay-on-my-feet-why-i_2762224.png) > [I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse like dandelion fluff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-wish-i-could-close-my-eyes-and-be-blown-into-dust-and-nothingness-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/lauren-oliver-109_alleys_i-wish-i-could-close-my-eyes-and-be-blow_139679.png) > [But the guilt goes even deeper than that. It, too, is dust: Layers and layers of it have accumulated. Because if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/but-the-guilt-goes-even-deeper-than-that-it-too-is-dust-layers-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/lauren-oliver-109_alex_but-the-guilt-goes-even-deeper-than-that_357618.jpg) > [I can admit, now, that I must have loved Lena. Not in an Unnatural way, but my feelings for her must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-can-admit-now-that-i-must-have-loved-lena-not-in-an-unnatural-way/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/lauren-oliver-109_dust_i-can-admit-now-that-i-must-have-loved-l_1337299.jpg) > [They haven't killed us yet," I say, and I imagine that one day I will fly a plane over Portland, over Rochester,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/they-haven-t-killed-us-yet-i-say-and-i-imagine-that-one-day-i-will/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/lauren-oliver-109_bleeding_they-haven-t-killed-us-yet-i-say-and-i-i_2929699.png) ## Other authors on Dust ## 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/dust/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "9 Dust Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust—and also to make you feel so whole? 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