Everywhere he touches is fire. My whole body is burning up, the two of us becoming twin points of the same bright white flame.
Lauren OliverThey say the cure is about happiness, but I understand now that it isn't, and it never was. It's about fear: fear of pain, fear of hurt, fear, fear, fear - a blind animal existence, bumping between walls, shuffling between ever-narrowing hallways, terrified and dull and stupid.
Lauren OliverAlex loved books. He was the one who first introduced me to poetry. That's another reason I can't read anymore.
Lauren OliverEverything I see and touch reminds me of him, and so everything I see and touch is perfect.
Lauren Oliver