--- title: "21 Forever Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "21 Forever quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Forever sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/lauren-oliver-109_endless_somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-ete_1222967.png" --- > [Somewhere in the endless spinning of eternity that one, tiny, fraction of a second where our lips met is lost forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-eternity-that-one-tiny-fraction/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/lauren-oliver-109_endless_somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-ete_1222967.png) > [I will make a pact with you: I will do it if you will do it, always and forever. Take down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-will-make-a-pact-with-you-i-will-do-it-if-you-will-do-it-always-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/lauren-oliver-109_always-and-forever_i-will-make-a-pact-with-you-i-will-do-it_1464310.png) > [I hate skin; I hate bones and bodies. I want to curl up inside of him and be carried there forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-hate-skin-i-hate-bones-and-bodies-i-want-to-curl-up-inside-of-him/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/lauren-oliver-109_bodies_i-hate-skin-i-hate-bones-and-bodies-i-wa_1840747.png) > [But from the beginning, I knew that in a world where destiny was dead, I was destined, forever, to love him. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/but-from-the-beginning-i-knew-that-in-a-world-where-destiny-was-dead/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/lauren-oliver-109_destined_but-from-the-beginning-i-knew-that-in-a_1425243.png) > [Feelings aren't forever. Time waits for no one, but progress waits for man to enact it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/feelings-aren-t-forever-time-waits-for-no-one-but-progress-waits-for/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/lauren-oliver-109_feelings_feelings-aren-t-forever-time-waits-for-n_3087511.png) > [All of you, wherever you are: in your spiny cities, or your one-bump towns. Find it, the hard stuff, the links of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/all-of-you-wherever-you-are-in-your-spiny-cities-or-your-one-bump/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/lauren-oliver-109_always-and-forever_all-of-you-wherever-you-are-in-your-spin_1780195.jpg) > [In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/in-my-dream-i-know-i-am-falling-but-there-is-no-up-or-down-no-walls/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/lauren-oliver-109_ceilings_in-my-dream-i-know-i-am-falling-but-ther_1921510.png) > [Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/sometimes-i-feel-like-if-you-just-watch-things-just-sit-still-and-let/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/lauren-oliver-109_delirium_sometimes-i-feel-like-if-you-just-watch_714341.jpg) > [“ And kissing Kent, because that's when I realized that time doesn't matter. That's when I realized that certain moments go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/and-kissing-kent-because-that-s-when-i-realized-that-time-doesn-t/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/lauren-oliver-109_forever_and-kissing-kent-because-that-s-when-i-r_2046640.png) > [It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-so-strange-how-life-works-you-want-something-and-you-wait-and-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/lauren-oliver-109_changed_it-s-so-strange-how-life-works-you-want_1638888.png) > [Promise me we'll stay together, okay? His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/promise-me-we-ll-stay-together-okay-his-eyes-are-once-again-the-clear/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/lauren-oliver-109_air_promise-me-we-ll-stay-together-okay-his_1319234.png) > [They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I’ve always believed them. Until now. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/they-say-that-the-cure-for-love-will-make-me-happy-and-safe-forever/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/lauren-oliver-109_changed_they-say-that-the-cure-for-love-will-mak_2825704.png) > [Time and space recede and blast away like a universe expanding forever outward, and leaving only darkness and the two of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/time-and-space-recede-and-blast-away-like-a-universe-expanding/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/lauren-oliver-109_blast_time-and-space-recede-and-blast-away-lik_900391.jpg) > [Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/mary-bring-out-your-umbrella-the-sun-shines-down-on-this-fine-fine/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/lauren-oliver-109_ashes_mary-bring-out-your-umbrella-the-sun-shi_3186143.png) > [But that's the beauty of life: time is yours to keep and to change. Just a few minutes can be sufficient to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/but-that-s-the-beauty-of-life-time-is-yours-to-keep-and-to-change/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/lauren-oliver-109_beauty_but-that-s-the-beauty-of-life-time-is-yo_1629022.jpg) > [“Promise me we'll stay together, okay?" His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/promise-me-we-ll-stay-together-okay-his-eyes-are-once-again-the-clear-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/lauren-oliver-109_alex_promise-me-we-ll-stay-together-okay-his_2407153.jpg) > [Be honest: Are you surprised that I didn't realize sooner? Are you surprised that it took me so long to even /think/…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/be-honest-are-you-surprised-that-i-didn-t-realize-sooner-are-you/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/lauren-oliver-109_being-honest_be-honest-are-you-surprised-that-i-didn_114056.png) > [Kent?" I say, and my voice seems to have to rise from inside the fog, taking forever to get from my brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/kent-i-say-and-my-voice-seems-to-have-to-rise-from-inside-the-fog/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/lauren-oliver-109_brain_kent-i-say-and-my-voice-seems-to-have-to_2102365.png) > [“... sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/sometimes-i-swear-that-just-for-a-second-time-freezes-and-the-world/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/lauren-oliver-109_forever_sometimes-i-swear-that-just-for-a-second_982779.png) > [That's when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they're over they still go on, even after you're dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/that-s-when-i-realized-that-certain-moments-go-on-forever-even-after/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/lauren-oliver-109_buried_that-s-when-i-realized-that-certain-mome_641523.png) > [“That’s when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they’re over they still go on, even after you're dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/that-s-when-i-realized-that-certain-moments-go-on-forever-even-after-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/lauren-oliver-109_acceptance_that-s-when-i-realized-that-certain-mome_759341.png) ## Other authors on Forever ## 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/forever/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "21 Forever Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Somewhere in the endless spinning of eternity that one, tiny, fraction of a second where our lips met is lost forever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-eternity-that-one-tiny-fraction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/lauren-oliver-109_endless_somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-ete_1222967.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/lauren-oliver-109_endless_somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-ete_1222967.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/lauren-oliver-109_endless_somewhere-in-the-endless-spinning-of-ete_1222967.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Somewhere in the endless spinning of eternity that one, tiny, fraction of a second where our lips met is…” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I will make a pact with you: I will do it if you will do it, always and forever. 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