--- title: "19 Lena Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "19 Lena quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Lena sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/lauren-oliver-109_dead_the-old-lena-is-dead-1138244_1138244.png" --- > [The old Lena is dead,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-old-lena-is-dead/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/lauren-oliver-109_dead_the-old-lena-is-dead-1138244_1138244.png) > [“I'm sorry,Lena”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-m-sorry-lena/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/lauren-oliver-109_hana_i-m-sorry-lena-1033915_1033915.png) > [“I like you. You don't know me. I want to, though.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-like-you-you-don-t-know-me-i-want-to-though/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/lauren-oliver-109_alex_i-like-you-you-don-t-know-me-i-want-to-t_3046937.png) > [I don't love you, Lena. Do you hear me? I never love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-don-t-love-you-lena-do-you-hear-me-i-never-love-you/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/lauren-oliver-109_i-don-t-love-you_i-don-t-love-you-lena-do-you-hear-me-i-n_108105.png) > [“Lena,” he says at last. “I think your mother is alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/lena-he-says-at-last-i-think-your-mother-is-alive/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/lauren-oliver-109_lena_lena-he-says-at-last-i-think-your-mother_1491281.png) > [“even as each minute seems to take an hour, each hour seems to fly by in a minute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/even-as-each-minute-seems-to-take-an-hour-each-hour-seems-to-fly-by/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/lauren-oliver-109_clock_even-as-each-minute-seems-to-take-an-hou_2938366.png) > [“And then she left, and it broke my heart so completely I could hardly breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/and-then-she-left-and-it-broke-my-heart-so-completely-i-could-hardly/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/lauren-oliver-109_broke_and-then-she-left-and-it-broke-my-heart_696545.png) > [“I was thinking of Lena. Of course. I was always thinking of Lena.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-was-thinking-of-lena-of-course-i-was-always-thinking-of-lena/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/lauren-oliver-109_alex_i-was-thinking-of-lena-of-course-i-was-a_259679.png) > [“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me - such bullshit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-can-never-hurt-me-such/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/lauren-oliver-109_delirium_sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but_2162681.png) > [Because if it weren’t for me, Lena and Alex would never have been caught at all. I told on them. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/because-if-it-weren-t-for-me-lena-and-alex-would-never-have-been/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4b/lauren-oliver-109_alex_because-if-it-weren-t-for-me-lena-and-al_246382.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) > [For the first time in a long time, I actually look at her. I've always thought Lena was pretty, but now it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/for-the-first-time-in-a-long-time-i-actually-look-at-her-i-ve-always/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/lauren-oliver-109_beautiful_for-the-first-time-in-a-long-time-i-actu_621549.png) > [“We were lying on the blanket in the backyard of 37 Brooks, like we always did that summer. Lena was on her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-were-lying-on-the-blanket-in-the-backyard-of-37-brooks-like-we/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/lauren-oliver-109_alex_we-were-lying-on-the-blanket-in-the-back_3137078.jpg) > [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) > [“His eyes are blazing with light, more light than all the lights in every city in the whole world, more light than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/his-eyes-are-blazing-with-light-more-light-than-all-the-lights-in/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/lauren-oliver-109_alex_his-eyes-are-blazing-with-light-more-lig_2914683.png) > [“What am I go­ing to do?” Coral asks. “Stay here,” I say. “Watch. Cov­er me if some­thing goes wrong.” “That’s bull­shit,” she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/what-am-i-go-ing-to-do-coral-asks-stay-here-i-say-watch-cov-er-me-if/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/lauren-oliver-109_bs_what-am-i-go-ing-to-do-coral-asks-stay-h_1593502.png) > [“Lena: I just want to be happy. I just want to be normal, like everybody else. Alex: Are you sure that being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/lena-i-just-want-to-be-happy-i-just-want-to-be-normal-like-everybody/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/lauren-oliver-109_happiness_lena-i-just-want-to-be-happy-i-just-want_1454284.jpg) > [And even if she isn’t—even if by some miracle, she survived the escape and has been squeezing out a living in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/and-even-if-she-isn-t-even-if-by-some-miracle-she-survived-the-escape/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/lauren-oliver-109_fingers_and-even-if-she-isn-t-even-if-by-some-mi_1024245.png) > [“For a minute he stands there, looking at me, and I can tell that he knows why I'm crying, and he understands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/for-a-minute-he-stands-there-looking-at-me-and-i-can-tell-that-he/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/lauren-oliver-109_crying_for-a-minute-he-stands-there-looking-at_711106.jpg) ## Other authors on Lena ## 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/lena/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "19 Lena Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The old Lena is dead,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-old-lena-is-dead/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/lauren-oliver-109_dead_the-old-lena-is-dead-1138244_1138244.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/lauren-oliver-109_dead_the-old-lena-is-dead-1138244_1138244.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/lauren-oliver-109_dead_the-old-lena-is-dead-1138244_1138244.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The old Lena is dead,” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'm sorry,Lena”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-m-sorry-lena/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/lauren-oliver-109_hana_i-m-sorry-lena-1033915_1033915.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/lauren-oliver-109_hana_i-m-sorry-lena-1033915_1033915.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/lauren-oliver-109_hana_i-m-sorry-lena-1033915_1033915.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm sorry,Lena” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I like you. 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