I'm mesmerized by the way his fingers move confidently along her skin, as though her body is his to reat and touch… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
What does it feel like to be infected?" "I-- I can't describe it." I force the words out. Can't breathe, can't breathe,… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
That's the beauty of the cure. No one mentions those lost, hot days in the field, when Thomas kissed Rachel's tears away… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I hate skin; I hate bones and bodies. I want to curl up inside of him and be carried there forever. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
it seemed a lifetime ago i'd lain in bed with Lena and felt her breath tickling my chin and held her while… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other's wounds; they repair the broken skin. — 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