--- title: "12 Strange Quotes By Lauren Oliver" description: "12 Strange quotes by Lauren Oliver. Plus more from Lauren Oliver and more Strange sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/lauren-oliver-109_people_this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-tha_2750767.png" --- > [This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-that-people-who-simply-want-to/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/lauren-oliver-109_people_this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-tha_2750767.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/lauren-oliver-109_failure_mistake-mistake-mistake-a-strange-word-s_12986.png) > [“It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. The promise was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-was-so-strange-the-way-that-life-moved-forward-the-twists-and-the-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/lauren-oliver-109_dead-end_it-was-so-strange-the-way-that-life-move_2722895.png) > [It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-so-strange-how-life-works-you-want-something-and-you-wait-and-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/lauren-oliver-109_changed_it-s-so-strange-how-life-works-you-want_1638888.png) > [It strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day - you can think you know them - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-strikes-me-how-strange-people-are-you-can-see-them-every-day-you/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/lauren-oliver-109_every-day_it-strikes-me-how-strange-people-are-you_1960049.png) > [“As soon as she sees me she swings forward and hits a key on her keyboard. The music cuts off instantly. Strangely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/as-soon-as-she-sees-me-she-swings-forward-and-hits-a-key-on-her/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/lauren-oliver-109_hana-tate_as-soon-as-she-sees-me-she-swings-forwar_2009776.png) > [It strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day, you can think you know them and then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-strikes-me-how-strange-people-are-you-can-see-them-every-day-you-2/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/lauren-oliver-109_every-day_it-strikes-me-how-strange-people-are-you_3154860.jpg) > [Chance. Stupid, dumb, blind chance. Just a part of the strange mechanism of the world, with its fits and coughs and starts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/chance-stupid-dumb-blind-chance-just-a-part-of-the-strange-mechanism/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/lauren-oliver-109_blind_chance-stupid-dumb-blind-chance-just-a-p_2652463.png) > [But...books are so much more. Some of them are webs; you can feel your way along their threads, but just barely, into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/but-books-are-so-much-more-some-of-them-are-webs-you-can-feel-your/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/lauren-oliver-109_balloons_but-books-are-so-much-more-some-of-them_1853255.png) > [It was all very strange, Mr. Gray thought, as he wiped the coffee canister clean with a sponge. Very, very mysterious. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-was-all-very-strange-mr-gray-thought-as-he-wiped-the-coffee/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/lauren-oliver-109_born_it-was-all-very-strange-mr-gray-thought_140768.png) > [It's surprisingly nice out here, peaceful and pretty-strange to be standing in the middle of a little garden while enclosed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/it-s-surprisingly-nice-out-here-peaceful-and-pretty-strange-to-be/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/lauren-oliver-109_damage_it-s-surprisingly-nice-out-here-peaceful_2504112.png) > [Po swirled upward from where it had been sitting, and floated over to the window. "When you go swimming and you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/po-swirled-upward-from-where-it-had-been-sitting-and-floated-over-to/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/lauren-oliver-109_air_po-swirled-upward-from-where-it-had-been_3016928.png) ## Other authors on Strange ## 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/strange/lauren-oliver/#itemlist", "name": "12 Strange Quotes By Lauren Oliver", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-that-people-who-simply-want-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/lauren-oliver-109_people_this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-tha_2750767.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/lauren-oliver-109_people_this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-tha_2750767.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/923/lauren-oliver-109_people_this-is-the-strange-way-of-the-world-tha_2750767.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become…” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mistake, mistake, mistake. 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