This is what amazes me: that people are new every day. That they are never the same. You must always invent them, and they must always invent themselves, too.
Lauren OliverI remember Lena's expression when he knocked on the door; and how Alex had looked at her when she finally let him into the storeroom. I remember exactly what he was wearing, too, and the mess of his hair, the sneakers with their blue-tinged laces. His right shoe was untied. He didn't notice. He didn't notice anything but Lena.
Lauren OliverFinishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry.
Lauren Oliver