My stomach gets that hollowed-out feeling. It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart.
Lauren OliverThings change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do.
Lauren OliverAnd a face above mine, white and beautiful, eyes as large as the moon. You saved me. A hand on my cheek, cool and dry. Why did you save me? Words welling up on a tide: No, the opposite. Eyes the colour of a dawn sky, a crown of blond hair, so bright and white and blinding I could swear it was a halo.
Lauren Oliveri feel like a curtain has dropped away and i'm seeing people for who they really are, different, and sharp, and unknowable.
Lauren OliverIn my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the sensation of cold and darkness everywhere. I am so scared I could scream. But when I open my mouth, nothing happens. And I wonder if you fall forever and never touch down, is it really still falling? I think I will fall forever.
Lauren Oliver