“Oh,” Alex says. “It’s you.” These are the first words he has spoken to me in more than three days. There” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I didn’t know it would be like this,” he says in a whisper. And then: “I’m scared. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“If I could make it better I would,” he says. In some ways it’s a stupid, obvious thing to say, but the… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“We dont know anything about anyone," she says. "Don't you get that yet? You don't know shit about me, I don't know… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“won’t go wrong.” Hana stands up and stares at me for a moment. “I promise,” she says slowly, giving each word weight,… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“At least when I'm sleeping I can dream myself back to Alex, can dream myself into a different world.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“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… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image