“It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. She supposed if you could predict or foresee everything that was going to happen, you’d lose the motivation to go through it all. The promise was always in the possibility.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“She knew, now, that there was always light—beyond the dark, and the fear, out of the depths; there was sun to reach for, and air and space and freedom.
There was always a way up, and out, and no need to be afraid.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“She thought all you needed to do - all any of them needed - was to get out. But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.
The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“How do I know I can trust you?' she said finally.
'That's the thing about trust.' He crunched an ice cube between his teeth. 'You don't know.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“when you love someone, when you care for someone, you have to do it through the good and the bad. Not just when you’re happy and it’s easy.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“No one had ever told her this basic fact: not everyone got to be loved.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“The Bravery was in moving forward, no matter what. Someday, she might be called on to jump again. And she would do it. She knew, now, that there was always light--beyond the dark, and the dear, out of the depths; there was sun to reach for, and air and space and freedom.
There was always a way up, and out, and no need to be afraid.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“No one should be allowed to be happy when you were so miserable – especially not your best friends. It should be a law.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“But all you see is the crap. So you don't have to believe in anything. So you'll have an excuse to fail.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“Funny how people could be around you for so many years, and be so off the mark.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“I'm scared all the time," she whispered. "You'd be an idiot if you weren't," Anne said. "And you wouldn't be brave either.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“She felt as though, just for a second, she had understood something vastly important, had had a glimpse of it: love, pure and simple and undemanding.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“If people changed, it meant that she was allowed to change too. She could be different.
She could be happier.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“He sprayed on a bit of this man’s body-spray thing his mom had gotten for free at Walmart, feeling like a douche, but thinking it was better to feel like a douche than to smell like an asshole.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“You want everything to be shitty... So you have an excuse to fail.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“she might be dying. The idea pleased her.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“You know what your problem is? You want everything to be shitty. You have a sister who loves you. Friends who love you. I love you, Heather.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“It was so strange, the way that life moved forward: the twists and the dead ends, the sudden opportunities. The promise was always in the possibility.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“He wasn't afraid. He just didn't care. And that was very, very different.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“She knew, now, that there was always light – beyond the dark, and the fear, out of the depths; there was sun to reach for, and air and space and freedom.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“It was the final, explosive demonstration of summer, the line in the sand, a desperate attempt to hold fall forever at bay. But autumn nibbled the blue sky with its teeth, tore off chunks of the sun, smudged out that heavy veil of meat-smelling smoke.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“Their eyes were flat, incurious, and old- impossibly old, as though instead of looking forward, their eyes saw back to a distant past.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“Maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“This was what true fear was- that you could never know other people, not completely.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
“They had their own language, their own jokes. They were constantly touching each other too – pushing and shoving, pinching and hugging, like kids flirting on a playground.”
― Lauren Oliver, quote from Panic
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“No life had ever been truly saved, not in the history of mankind. They were merely prolonged. Everything comes to an end.”
― Hugh Howey, quote from Dust
“For the first time, she became vividly aware of how much of her life she had spent with her husband. It had been a period of time utterly devoid of happiness and spontaneity. A time that she'd so far managed to get through only by using up every last reserve of perseverance and consideration. All of it self-inflicted.”
― Han Kang, quote from The Vegetarian
“Man searches for courage in drink, but it is not courage that he finds, it is fear that he loses. A drunken man may step off a cliff. That does not make him brave, just forgetful.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
“Real strength isn’t control. It’s knowing when to let go.”
― Christopher Barzak, quote from The Love We Share Without Knowing
“We just want to be where we're supposed to be. We just want to be with the people we want to be with. I don't think that's asking for too much, ya know what I'm saying?”
― Megan McCafferty, quote from Perfect Fifths
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