Lauren Oliver Quotes — Page 25

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Author

Creative

“With the cure, relationships are all the same, and rules and expectations are defined. Without the cure, relationships must be reinvented every day, languages constantly decoded and deciphered. Freedom is exhausting.”

Language Expectations Cures

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LO

Lauren Oliver

Author

Heartbroken

“But from the beginning, I knew that in a world where destiny was dead, I was destined, forever, to love him. Even though he didn't - though he couldn't - ever love me back.”

World Forever Destiny

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Love

“That's the easy thing about falling: there is only one choice after that.”

Fall Choices

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Courageous

“You must hurt, or be hurt.”

Hurt

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Love

“But that's the problem with love - it acts on you, works through you, resists your attempts to control.”

Problem

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Funny

“Could it be? Samantha Kingston? Home? On a Friday?” I roll my eyes. “I don’t know. Did you do a lot of acid in the sixties? Could be a flashback.” “I was two years old in 1960. I came too late for the party.” He leans down and pecks me on the head. I pull away out of habit. “And I’m not even going to ask how you know about acid flashbacks.” “What’s an acid flashback?” Izzy crows. “Nothing,” my dad and I say at the same time, and he smiles at me.”

Party Dad Friday

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Determined

“And I guess that's when it starts to hit me: the whole point is, you do what you can.”

Whole

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Love

“When he speaks again, I can tell that he's smiling. "So I guess we saved each other.”

Speak I Can

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Love

“I’ve never really had a party before.” “Why did you have one now?” I say, just to keep him talking. He gives a half laugh. “I thought if I had a party, you would come.”

Giving Party Talking

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Spiritual

“That’s a funny thing: you think, when awful things happen, everything else just stops, like you would forget to pee and eat and get thirsty, but it’s not really true. It’s like you and your body are two separate things, like your body is betraying you, chugging on, idiotic and animal, craving water and sandwiches and bathroom breaks while your world falls apart.”

Thinking Fall Animal

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Lonely

“And even though I'm standing in the middle of the biggest crowd I've ever seen in my life, I suddenly feel very alone.”

Feels Crowds Middle

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Hopeful

“Here's another thing to remember: hope keeps you alive. Even when you're dead, it's the only thing that keeps you alive.”

Remember Alive

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