No guy in his right mind would ever choose me when there are people like Hana in the world: It would be like settling for a stale cookie when what you really want is a big bowl of ice cream, whipped cream and cherries and chocolate sprinkles included.
Lauren OliverMost of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll be adults--cured, tagged and labeled and paired and identified and placed neatly on our life path, perfectly round marbles set to roll down even, well-defined slopes.
Lauren OliverWe should be protected from the people who will leave us in the end, from all the people who will disappear or forget us.
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 Oliver