Lauren Oliver Quotes — Page 26

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Vulnerable

“That's the way I feel, at least: like there's a real me and a reflection of me, and I have no way of telling which is which.”

Real Way Reflection

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Melancholic

“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 and then do nothing but fail, and fail, and fail again. People should come with warnings, like cigarette packs: involvement would kill you over time.”

People Life Warning

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Love

“You should only fall in love with people who will fall in love with you back.”

People Love You

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Courageous

“I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took”

Long Hero

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Spiritual

“It's not my fault I can't be like you, okay? I don't get up in the morning thinking the world is one big, shiny, happy place, okay? That's just not how I work. I don't think I can be fixed.”

Thinking World Morning

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Grateful

“For all the people who have infected me with amor deliria nervosa in the past - you know who you are. For the people who will infect me in the future - I can't wait to see who you'll be. And in both cases: Thank you.”

People Past Waiting

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Sad

“The old Lena is dead.”

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Inspired

“That's when you really lose people, you know.When the pain passes.”

People Pain

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Angry

“I hate both of my parents right now: for sitting quietly in our house, while out in the darkness my heart was beating away all of the seconds of my life, ticking them off one by one until my time was up; for letting the thread between us stretch so far and so thin that the moment it was severed for good they didn't even feel it.”

Heart Hate House

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Philosophical

“Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?”

Lying Liars Telling The Truth

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Happy

“Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom. The way to find happiness is through the cure. Therefore, it is only through the cure that one finds freedom.”

Way Unhappiness Finding Happiness

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Grateful

“Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are going to turn your hair to gray. Mary keep your oars a-steady Sail away on the rising flood Keep your candle at the ready Red tides can't be told from blood. - "Miss Mary" (a common child's clapping game, dating from the time of the blitz), from Pattycake and Beyond: A History of Play”

Children Games Rain

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