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title: "5 Fence Quotes By Lauren Oliver"
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> [I thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-thought-the-invalids-were-beasts-i-thought-they-would-rip-me-apart/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/lauren-oliver-109_animal_i-thought-the-invalids-were-beasts-i-tho_170915.jpg)

> [In my head I try and reach back, through the fence, past the smoke; I try and grab his hand and pull.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/in-my-head-i-try-and-reach-back-through-the-fence-past-the-smoke-i/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/lauren-oliver-109_alex_in-my-head-i-try-and-reach-back-through_568002.png)

> [He Is looking at me through the smoke, across the fence. He never takes his eyes off me. His hair Is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/he-is-looking-at-me-through-the-smoke-across-the-fence-he-never-takes/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/lauren-oliver-109_billions_he-is-looking-at-me-through-the-smoke-ac_2057742.png)

> [They've lied about everything.-about the fence, and the existence of Invalids, about a million other things besides. They told us the raids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/they-ve-lied-about-everything-about-the-fence-and-the-existence-of/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/lauren-oliver-109_disease_they-ve-lied-about-everything-about-the_2067497.png)

> [We're on the other side of the fence now, Lena,' she says, tiredly, as she passes. "Don't you get it? You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-re-on-the-other-side-of-the-fence-now-lena-she-says-tiredly-as-she/)

[Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/lauren-oliver-109_feels_we-re-on-the-other-side-of-the-fence-now_2633946.png)

## Other authors on Fence

## 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/)

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