--- title: "6 Glasses Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "6 Glasses quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Glasses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/lauren-oliver-109_air_rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards_356017.png" --- > [Rainstorms are incredible: falling shards of glass, the air full of diamonds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards-of-glass-the-air-full-of/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/lauren-oliver-109_air_rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards_356017.png) > [There is so much fragility in kissing, in other people: It is all glass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/there-is-so-much-fragility-in-kissing-in-other-people-it-is-all-glass/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/lauren-oliver-109_fragility_there-is-so-much-fragility-in-kissing-in_715970.png) > [This was what being cured was like: like being in a fishbowl, circling always inside the same glass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-was-what-being-cured-was-like-like-being-in-a-fishbowl-circling/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/lauren-oliver-109_cured_this-was-what-being-cured-was-like-like_1598838.png) > [The secret is,” I say, whispering right into his ear, “that yours was the best kiss I’ve ever had in my life.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-secret-is-i-say-whispering-right-into-his-ear-that-yours-was-the/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/lauren-oliver-109_best-kiss_the-secret-is-i-say-whispering-right-int_2110446.png) > [...the past: It drifts, it gathers. If you are not careful, it will bury you. This is half the reason for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-past-it-drifts-it-gathers-if-you-are-not-careful-it-will-bury-you/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/lauren-oliver-109_careful_the-past-it-drifts-it-gathers-if-you-are_2600156.png) > [We are such small, stupid things. For most of my life I thought of nature as the stupid thing: Blind, animal, destructive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-are-such-small-stupid-things-for-most-of-my-life-i-thought-of/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/lauren-oliver-109_animal_we-are-such-small-stupid-things-for-most_3062687.png) ## Other authors on Glasses ## 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/glasses/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "6 Glasses Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rainstorms are incredible: falling shards of glass, the air full of diamonds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards-of-glass-the-air-full-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/lauren-oliver-109_air_rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards_356017.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/lauren-oliver-109_air_rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards_356017.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/lauren-oliver-109_air_rainstorms-are-incredible-falling-shards_356017.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rainstorms are incredible: falling shards of glass, the air full of diamonds.” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is so much fragility in kissing, in other people: It is all glass.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/there-is-so-much-fragility-in-kissing-in-other-people-it-is-all-glass/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/lauren-oliver-109_fragility_there-is-so-much-fragility-in-kissing-in_715970.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/lauren-oliver-109_fragility_there-is-so-much-fragility-in-kissing-in_715970.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/lauren-oliver-109_fragility_there-is-so-much-fragility-in-kissing-in_715970.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is so much fragility in kissing, in other people: It is all glass.” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This was what being cured was like: like being in a fishbowl, circling always inside the same glass.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-was-what-being-cured-was-like-like-being-in-a-fishbowl-circling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/lauren-oliver-109_cured_this-was-what-being-cured-was-like-like_1598838.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/lauren-oliver-109_cured_this-was-what-being-cured-was-like-like_1598838.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/lauren-oliver-109_cured_this-was-what-being-cured-was-like-like_1598838.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This was what being cured was like: like being in a fishbowl, circling always inside the same glass.” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The secret is,” I say, whispering right into his ear, “that yours was the best kiss I’ve ever had in my life.” “But I’ve never kissed you,” he whispers back. 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