The priests and the scientists are right about one thing: At our heart, at our base, we are no better than animals.
Lauren OliverIt's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast.
Lauren OliverI feel an overwhelming rush of sadness... I'm just struck with a sense of time passing so quickly, rushing forward. One day I'll wake up and my whole life will be behind me, and it will seem to have gone as quickly as a dream.
Lauren OliverAll this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie. She was learning to love.
Lauren Oliver