--- title: "14 Sides Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "14 Sides quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Sides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/lauren-oliver-109_flip_the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-yo_1456605.png" --- > [The flip side of freedom is this: When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-you-re-completely-free-you-re/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/lauren-oliver-109_flip_the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-yo_1456605.png) > [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) > [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) > [Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/love-a-single-word-a-wispy-thing-a-word-no-bigger-or-longer-than-an/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/lauren-oliver-109_before-and-after_love-a-single-word-a-wispy-thing-a-word_194709.png) > [“It was unfair that people could pretend to be one thing when they were really something else. That they would get you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-was-unfair-that-people-could-pretend-to-be-one-thing-when-they/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/lauren-oliver-109_cigarette_it-was-unfair-that-people-could-pretend_964236.png) > [We leave Pippa behind, standing in the dark, teeming bowels of the camp, while the sun begins to stain the sky electric,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-leave-pippa-behind-standing-in-the-dark-teeming-bowels-of-the-camp/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/lauren-oliver-109_behinds_we-leave-pippa-behind-standing-in-the-da_213315.png) > [For a second I think about how easy it would be to pass back to the other side, to walk straight into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/for-a-second-i-think-about-how-easy-it-would-be-to-pass-back-to-the/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/lauren-oliver-109_doctor_for-a-second-i-think-about-how-easy-it-w_1906746.png) > [Grief is like sinking, like being buried. I am in water the tawny color of kicked-up dirt. Every breath is full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/grief-is-like-sinking-like-being-buried-i-am-in-water-the-tawny-color/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/lauren-oliver-109_bottom_grief-is-like-sinking-like-being-buried_2677748.jpg) > [I was glad when the Invalids were executed. Some people complained that lethal injection was too humane for convicted terrorists, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-was-glad-when-the-invalids-were-executed-some-people-complained/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/lauren-oliver-109_chaos_i-was-glad-when-the-invalids-were-execut_2182140.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) > [I thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/i-thought-the-invalids-were-beasts-i-thought-they-would-rip-me-apart/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/lauren-oliver-109_animal_i-thought-the-invalids-were-beasts-i-tho_170915.jpg) > [As we're standing there I realize we're almost exactly the same height. We must look like the dark and light side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/as-we-re-standing-there-i-realize-we-re-almost-exactly-the-same/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/lauren-oliver-109_block_as-we-re-standing-there-i-realize-we-re_1708389.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) > [Sometimes I think maybe they were right all along, the people on the other side in Zombieland. Maybe it would be better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/sometimes-i-think-maybe-they-were-right-all-along-the-people-on-the/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/lauren-oliver-109_bigs_sometimes-i-think-maybe-they-were-right_2306219.jpg) ## Other authors on Sides ## 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/sides/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "14 Sides Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The flip side of freedom is this: When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-you-re-completely-free-you-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/lauren-oliver-109_flip_the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-yo_1456605.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/lauren-oliver-109_flip_the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-yo_1456605.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/lauren-oliver-109_flip_the-flip-side-of-freedom-is-this-when-yo_1456605.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The flip side of freedom is this: When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're on the other side of the fence now, Lena,' she says, tiredly, as she passes. \"Don't you get it? 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