As soon as I look up, his eyes click onto my face. The breath whooshes out of my body and everything freezes for a second, as though Iโm looking at him through my camera lens, zoomed in all the way, the world pausing for that tiny span of time between the opening and closing of the shutter.
Lauren OliverWhat glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.
Lauren OliverI keep having the urge to cross my hands over my chest, to cover up my breasts, to hide. I'm suddenly aware of how pale I look in the sunshine, and how many moles I have spotting up and down my chest, and I just know he's looking at me thinking i'm wrong or deformed. But the he breathes, 'Beautiful' and when his eyes meet mine I know that he really, truly means it.
Lauren Oliver