“ And now I realize Lindsay's not fearless. She's terrified. She's terrified that people will find out she's faking, bullshitting her way through life, pretending to have everything together when really… Lauren Oliver
“ 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. Lauren Oliver
“ 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
“ 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
“ Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserve to die? So bad I deserved to die like that?I what I did really so much worse than waht anybody else does?Is it really so much worse than what you do?Think… Lauren Oliver
