A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a broken butterfly wing.
Lauren OliverAnd for a momentโfor a split secondโeverything else falls away, the whole pattern and order of my life, and a huge joy crests in my chest. I am no one, and I owe nothing to anybody, and my life is my own.
Lauren OliverAt a certain point your brain stops to rationalize things. At a certain point it gives up, shuts off, shuts down.
Lauren Oliver