Lauren Oliver Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Lauren Oliver quotes, Lauren Oliver sayings, and Lauren Oliver proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

We all need mantras, I guess - stories we tell ourselves to keep us going. Lauren Oliver
Most people don't want to be saved. Besides, if you keep bailing everybody out, they'll never learn to paddle on their own. Lauren Oliver
The butterflies are working their way up from my stomach into my head, making me feel dizzy, and I try to calm myself by imagining the ocean outside, its ragged breathing, the seagulls turning pinwheels in the sky. It will be over soon, I tell myself. It will be over soon and then you’ll go home, and you’ll never have to think about the evaluation again. Lauren Oliver
What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths. Lauren Oliver
Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That’s what it is: an edge, a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side. Lauren Oliver
All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving yiu behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie. She was learning to love. Lauren Oliver
Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you're so close to freedom. Lauren Oliver
I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears. Lauren Oliver
Black is too morbid; red will set them on edge; pink is too juvenile; orange is freakish. Lauren Oliver
That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt. Lauren Oliver
So many things become beautiful when you really look. Lauren Oliver
Chance. Stupid, dumb, blind chance. Just a part of the strange mechanism of the world, with its fits and coughs and starts and random collisions. Lauren Oliver
I guess that's just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. Lauren Oliver
There's always some relief in giving up. Lauren Oliver