--- title: "7 Growing Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "7 Growing quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Growing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/lauren-oliver-109_fire_i-am-growing-stronger-i-am-a-stone-being_360386.png" --- > [I am growing stronger. I am a stone being excavated by the slow passage of water; I am wood charred by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-am-growing-stronger-i-am-a-stone-being-excavated-by-the-slow/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/lauren-oliver-109_fire_i-am-growing-stronger-i-am-a-stone-being_360386.png) > [That’s just the kind of thing that kids do to each other. It’s no big deal. There’s always going to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/that-s-just-the-kind-of-thing-that-kids-do-to-each-other-it-s-no-big/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/lauren-oliver-109_america_that-s-just-the-kind-of-thing-that-kids_1071641.jpg) > [He's stuck with me and I'm stuck with him. We're stuck. That's what growing up is all about, I guess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/he-s-stuck-with-me-and-i-m-stuck-with-him-we-re-stuck-that-s-what/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/lauren-oliver-109_growing_he-s-stuck-with-me-and-i-m-stuck-with-hi_1260577.png) > [The whole point of growing up is learning to stay on the laughing side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-whole-point-of-growing-up-is-learning-to-stay-on-the-laughing-side/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/lauren-oliver-109_comedy_the-whole-point-of-growing-up-is-learnin_1698027.png) > [It's the rule of the wilds. You must be bigger, and stronger, and tougher. A coldness radiates through me, a solid wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-the-rule-of-the-wilds-you-must-be-bigger-and-stronger-and/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/lauren-oliver-109_bigger_it-s-the-rule-of-the-wilds-you-must-be-b_2044666.jpg) > [I don't know whether these feelings - this thing growing inside of me - is something horrible and sick or the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-don-t-know-whether-these-feelings-this-thing-growing-inside-of-me/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/lauren-oliver-109_feelings_i-don-t-know-whether-these-feelings-this_2265593.png) > [All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/all-this-time-i-thought-we-were-growing-apart-because-i-was-leaving/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/lauren-oliver-109_behinds_all-this-time-i-thought-we-were-growing_2492298.png) ## Other authors on Growing ## 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/growing/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "7 Growing Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am growing stronger. 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