“ I used to think that's what love was: knowing someone so well he was like a part of you. Lauren Oliver
“ How is it possible, I think, to change so much and not be able to change anything at all? Lauren Oliver
“ I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go. Lauren Oliver
“ We'll walk together holding hands, and kiss in broad daylight, and love each other as much as we want to, and no one will ever try to keep up apart. Lauren Oliver
“ Alex, please.”He balls his fists. “Stop saying my name. You don’t know me anymore.”“I do know you.” I’m still crying, swallowing back spasms in my throat, struggling to breathe. This is a nightmare an… Lauren Oliver
“ Every day, streets papered with more and more for .Reward, reward, reward.Reward for information.If you see something, say something.A paper town, a paper world: paper rustling in the airm whispering… Lauren Oliver
“ I want to apologize to you,” she says calmly.“Oh yeah? For what?” I don’t have time for this. We don’t have time for this. I push away thoughts of what will happen to Hana even if I manage to escape.… Lauren Oliver
“ Things change after you die, though- I guess because dying is about the lonliest thing you can do. Lauren Oliver
“ Do the other kids make fun of you? For how you talk?''Sometimes.''So why don't you do something about it? You could learn to talk differently, you know.'But this is my voice. How would you be able to… Lauren Oliver
“ Everywhere he touches is fire. My whole body is burning up, the two of us becoming twin points of the same bright white flame. Lauren Oliver
“ Now, after so many years, I understand what the Coldness was and where it came from—this sense that everything is lost, and worthless, and meaningless. Lauren Oliver
“ My aunt just stood there, and in that second it was as though the world and the future collapsed down into a single point, and I understood that this—the kitchen, the spotless cream linoleum floors, t… Lauren Oliver
“ I'm scared all the time," she whispered. "You'd be an idiot if you weren't," Anne said. "And you wouldn't be brave either. Lauren Oliver
“ The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped Lauren Oliver
“ She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.The bravery was in movi… Lauren Oliver
“ At least when I'm sleeping I can dream myself back to Alex, can dream myself into a different world. Lauren Oliver
“ I can't stop thinking about what Caroline said to Minna about death. It isn't an infection, she said. She might be right. Then again, we've nested in the walls like bacteria. We've taken over the hous… Lauren Oliver
