"The sparrows jumped before they knew how to……" — Lauren Oliver
"The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped"
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528 Quotes by Lauren Oliver
Lauren Oliver has 528 quotes on this site.
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No one had ever told her this basic fact: not everyone got to be loved.
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It was unfair that people could pretend to be one thing when they were really something else. That they would…
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And a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on…
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And this, really, is the story-within-the-story, because if you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that…
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Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.
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My boyfriend's an idiot," I say as soon as he lurches away."A cute idiot," Ally corrects me."That's like saying 'a…
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But that's the beauty of life: time is yours to keep and to change. Just a few minutes can be…
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No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest…
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You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them.
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People are like houses. They could open their doors. You could walk through their rooms and touch the objects hidden…
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When you love someone, when you care for someone, you have to do it through the good and the bad.…
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I think of the quietness of Julian's voice as he said I love you, the steadiness of his rib cage…
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More Fly Quotes
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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able…
— Alexis Arguello
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on…
— Mary Kay Ash
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
— Mary Astell
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
— Dan Aykroyd
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
— Lauren Bacall
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
— Richard Bach
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
— Eric Bana
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
— Douglas Adams
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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
— Douglas Adams
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
— Francis Beaumont
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