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Lauren Oliver Quotes

But it’s not about knowing. It is simply about going forward Picture Quote #1

I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily break from the real book I’m writing. And then that becomes a real book too Picture Quote #1

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature Picture Quote #1

I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made Picture Quote #1

I have a beautiful pair of Giuseppe Zanotti black pumps that make me feel like a model every time I put them on. I have a pair of Jimmy Choo flats I would marry, if I could Picture Quote #1

One of the things I’ve tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I’m able to broaden people’s expectations of what I’m allowed to do Picture Quote #1

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But it does not tell you this: that love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself Picture Quote #1

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins Picture Quote #1

But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along Picture Quote #1

There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness Picture Quote #1

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 a lazy eye, or porn Picture Quote #1

So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?’ Kent does a little bow. ‘You know I can’t resist a damsel in distress Picture Quote #1

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The last laugh, the last cup of coffee, the last sunset, the last time you jump through a sprinkler, or eat an ice-cream cone, or stick your tongue out to catch a snowflake. You just don’t know Picture Quote #1

Everything looks beautiful. The Book of Shhh says that deliria alters your perception, disables your ability to reason clearly, impairs you from making sound judgments. But it does not tell you this: that love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself Picture Quote #1

I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse like dandelion fluff drifting off on the wind. But his hands keep pulling me back: into the alley, and Portland, and a world that has suddenly stopped making sense Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever Picture Quote #1

My stomach gets that hollowed-out feeling. It’s amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart Picture Quote #1

I know what the problem is, of course. The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing - all classic Phase One signs of deliria. But I don’t care. If pneumonia felt this good I’d stand out in the snow in the winter with bare feet and no coat, or march into the hospital and kiss pneumonia patients Picture Quote #1

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I’d rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I’d rather die loving Alex than live without him Picture Quote #1

The devil stole into the Garden of Eden. He carried with him the disease - amor deliria nervosa - in the form of a seed. It grew and flowered into a magnificent apple tree, which bore apples as bright as blood. -From Genesis: A Complete History of the World and the Known Universe, by Steven Horace, PhD, Harvard University Picture Quote #1

My first kiss. A new kind of kiss, like the new kind of music still playing, softly, in the distance - wild and arrhythmic, desperate. Passionate Picture Quote #1

All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie. She was learning to love Picture Quote #1

It’s like high school holds two different worlds, revolving around each other an never touching; the haves and the have-nots. I guess it’s a good thing. High school is supposed to prepare you for the real world, after all Picture Quote #1

Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source, a weapon against pain Picture Quote #1

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I thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the softest place to sleep, and nursed me back to health, and haven’t asked for anything in return. The animals are on the other side of the fence: monsters wearing uniforms. They speak softly, and tell lies, and smile as they’re slitting your throat Picture Quote #1

The worst is knowing I can’t tell anybody what’s happening -or what’s happened- to me. Not even my mom Picture Quote #1

Still, the vivid green of the grass-where the grass is actually managing to assert itself through the dirt-seems out of place. This seems like a place where the sun should never shine: a place on the edge, at the limit, a place completely removed from time and happiness and life Picture Quote #1

The walls are covered -crammed- with writing. No. Not writing. They are covered with a single four-letter word that has been inscribed over and over, on every available surface. Love Picture Quote #1

Alex is dead, do you hear me? All of that-what we felt, what it meant- that’s done now, okay? Buried. Blown away Picture Quote #1

Amor deliria nervosa: It affects your mind so that you cannot think clearly, or make rational decisions about your own well-being. Symptom number twelve Picture Quote #1

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But it’s not about knowing. It is simply about going forward (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily break from the real book I’m writing. And then that becomes a real book too (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I have a beautiful pair of Giuseppe Zanotti black pumps that make me feel like a model every time I put them on. I have a pair of Jimmy Choo flats I would marry, if I could (Lauren Oliver Quotes) One of the things I’ve tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I’m able to broaden people’s expectations of what I’m allowed to do (Lauren Oliver Quotes) But it does not tell you this: that love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself (Lauren Oliver Quotes) But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins (Lauren Oliver Quotes) But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along (Lauren Oliver Quotes) There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness (Lauren Oliver Quotes) 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 a lazy eye, or porn (Lauren Oliver Quotes) So are you going to be my knight in shining armor or what?’ Kent does a little bow. ‘You know I can’t resist a damsel in distress (Lauren Oliver Quotes) The last laugh, the last cup of coffee, the last sunset, the last time you jump through a sprinkler, or eat an ice-cream cone, or stick your tongue out to catch a snowflake. You just don’t know (Lauren Oliver Quotes) Everything looks beautiful. The Book of Shhh says that deliria alters your perception, disables your ability to reason clearly, impairs you from making sound judgments. But it does not tell you this: that love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse like dandelion fluff drifting off on the wind. But his hands keep pulling me back: into the alley, and Portland, and a world that has suddenly stopped making sense (Lauren Oliver Quotes) Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever (Lauren Oliver Quotes) My stomach gets that hollowed-out feeling. It’s amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I know what the problem is, of course. The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing - all classic Phase One signs of deliria. But I don’t care. If pneumonia felt this good I’d stand out in the snow in the winter with bare feet and no coat, or march into the hospital and kiss pneumonia patients (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I’d rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I’d rather die loving Alex than live without him (Lauren Oliver Quotes) The devil stole into the Garden of Eden. He carried with him the disease - amor deliria nervosa - in the form of a seed. It grew and flowered into a magnificent apple tree, which bore apples as bright as blood. -From Genesis: A Complete History of the World and the Known Universe, by Steven Horace, PhD, Harvard University (Lauren Oliver Quotes) My first kiss. A new kind of kiss, like the new kind of music still playing, softly, in the distance - wild and arrhythmic, desperate. Passionate (Lauren Oliver Quotes) All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie. She was learning to love (Lauren Oliver Quotes) It’s like high school holds two different worlds, revolving around each other an never touching; the haves and the have-nots. I guess it’s a good thing. High school is supposed to prepare you for the real world, after all (Lauren Oliver Quotes) Through wind, and tempest, storm, and rain; The calm shall be buried inside of me; A warm stone, heavy and dry; The root, the source, a weapon against pain (Lauren Oliver Quotes) I thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the softest place to sleep, and nursed me back to health, and haven’t asked for anything in return. The animals are on the other side of the fence: monsters wearing uniforms. They speak softly, and tell lies, and smile as they’re slitting your throat (Lauren Oliver Quotes) The worst is knowing I can’t tell anybody what’s happening -or what’s happened- to me. Not even my mom (Lauren Oliver Quotes) Still, the vivid green of the grass-where the grass is actually managing to assert itself through the dirt-seems out of place. This seems like a place where the sun should never shine: a place on the edge, at the limit, a place completely removed from time and happiness and life (Lauren Oliver Quotes) The walls are covered -crammed- with writing. No. Not writing. They are covered with a single four-letter word that has been inscribed over and over, on every available surface. Love (Lauren Oliver Quotes) Alex is dead, do you hear me? All of that-what we felt, what it meant- that’s done now, okay? Buried. Blown away (Lauren Oliver Quotes) Amor deliria nervosa: It affects your mind so that you cannot think clearly, or make rational decisions about your own well-being. Symptom number twelve (Lauren Oliver Quotes)

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