They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And Iโve always believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, Iโd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie
Lauren OliverBut this isnโt like anything Iโve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than both.
Lauren OliverIn a world without love, this is what people are to each other: values, benefits, and liabilities, numbers and data. We weigh, we quantify, we measure, and the soul is ground to dust.
Lauren OliverAnd now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It's the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, the baffling mixture of pain and pleasure and fear and joy, all running sharply through me at once.
Lauren OliverI know what the problem is, of course. The disorientation, the distraction, the difficulty focusing - all classic Phase One signs of deliria. But I don't care. If pneumonia felt this good I'd stand out in the snow in the winter with bare feet and no coat, or march into the hospital and kiss pneumonia patients
Lauren Oliver