1,161 Quotes by 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.

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.

This was what true fear was – that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind.

How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust – and also to make you feel so whole?

And how she looked at me like I could save her from everything bad in he world. This was my secret: she was the one who saved me.

Do a good thing and something bad happens. Do a bad thing and something good happens. Do nothing and everything explodes.

There was always a way up, and out, and no need to be afraid.

People do terrible things, sometimes, for the best reasons. “What’s.

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.