All Lauren Oliver Quotes
- No one had ever told her this basic fact: not everyone got to be loved. Basic
- It was unfair that people could pretend to be one thing when they were really something else. That they would get you on their side… Cigarette
- And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on my cheek, cool and dry.… Beautiful
- And this, really, is the story-within-the-story, because if you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that love can open like a… Afraid
- Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what. Bravery
- My boyfriend's an idiot," I say as soon as he lurches away."A cute idiot," Ally corrects me."That's like saying 'a cute mutant.' Doesn't exist. Allies
- But that's the beauty of life: time is yours to keep and to change. Just a few minutes can be sufficient to carve a new… Barely
- No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go… Each
- You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. All
- People are like houses. They could open their doors. You could walk through their rooms and touch the objects hidden in their corners. But something--the… All
- When you love someone, when you care for someone, you have to do it through the good and the bad. Not just when you're happy… Bad
- I think of the quietness of Julian's voice as he said I love you, the steadiness of his rib cage rising and falling against my… Age
- This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind. Blind
- But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow. Carried
- The house, the pond, the tree-it was all both overwhelmingly familiar and different from what she remembered-smaller and shabbier, somehow. It was like waking up… Admit
- My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion. Definitely
- You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue. Always Continue
- Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it. Like… Cool
- Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so… Afford
- Maybe next time, but probably not. Inspirational