I've been so used to thinking of what the borders are keeping out that I haven't considered that they're also penning us in.
Lauren OliverThis is the world we live in, a world of safety and happiness and order, a world without love. A world where children crack their heads on stone fireplaces and nearly gnaw off their tongues and the parents are concerned. Not heartbroken, frantic, desperate. Concerned, as they are when you fail mathematics, as they are when they are late to pay their taxes.
Lauren OliverDo the other kids make fun of you? For how you talk?' 'Sometimes.' 'So why don't you do something about it? You could learn to talk differently, you know.' But this is my voice. How would you be able to tell when I was talking?
Lauren OliverAnd how she looked at me like I could save her from everything bad in he world. This was my secret: she was the one who saved me
Lauren Oliver