1,161 Quotes by Lauren Oliver

I'm mesmerized by the way his fingers move confidently along her skin, as though her body is his to reat and touch and tend to. She was mine before she was yours: The words are there, unexpectedly, surging from my throat to my tongue. I swallow them back.

I didn’t know it would be like this,” he says in a whisper. And then: “I’m scared.

I don't know whether these feelings - this thing growing inside of me - is something horrible and sick or the best thing that's ever happened to me. Either way, I can't stop it. I've lost control. And the truly sick thing is that despite everything, I'm glad.

They’d already taken her from me once. I didn’t want to lose her again.

For the first time in a long time, I actually look at her. I've always thought Lena was pretty, but now it occurs to me that at some point - last summer? last year? - she became beautiful.

Despite the fact that Raven and Tack are often fighting, it's impossible to imagine one without the other. They are like two plants that have grown around each other - they strangle and squeeze and support at the same time.

For a moment, my heart aches for him. I should never have asked him to join me here; I should never have asked him to cross.

Because?' I prompt 'Because I'm sorry, but I can't help it, and I really need to kiss you right now.

I need him to know that I came for him. I need him to know that somehow, at some point in the tunnels, I began to love him.