1,161 Quotes by Lauren Oliver

That’s just the kind of thing that kids do to each other. It’s no big deal. There’s always going to be a person laughing and somebody getting laughed at. It happens every day, in every school, in every town in America—probably in the world, for all I know. The whole point of growing up is learning to stay on the laughing side.

That's the easy thing about falling: there is only one choice after that.

Some things are better left buried and forgotten.

Everyone you trust, everyone you think you can count on, will eventually disappoint you.

I still wanted to know why. As though somebody was going to answer that for me, as though any answer would be satisfying.

Love is the only thing in the world worth having. You must never loose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.

The mark of the procedure. A real one. Lu is cured.

Step on a crack , you'll break your mama's back. Step on a stone, you'll end up all alone. Step on a stick, you're bound to get the Sick. Watch where you tread, you'll bring out all the dead. - A common children's playground chant, usually accompanied by jumping rope or clapping.

There are more of us than you think.