This was what being cured was like: like being in a fishbowl, circling always inside the same glass.
Lauren OliverThere's a place for everything and everyone, you know. That is the mistake they make above. They think that only certain people have a place. Only certain kinds of people belong. The rest is waste. But even waste must have a place. Otherwise it will clog and clot, and rot and fester.
Lauren OliverAnd you should hear the music. Incredible, amazing music, like nothing you've ever heard, music that almost takes your head off, you know? That makes you want to scream and jump up and down and break stuff and cry.
Lauren OliverHeโs speaking in the tone of voice that everyone uses when theyโre about to break you apart. Gentleโkind, evenโlike they can make the news sound better just by speaking in a lullaby voice.
Lauren OliverAll of you, wherever you are: in your spiny cities, or your one-bump towns. Find it, the hard stuff, the links of metal and chink, the fragments of stone filling your stomach. And pull, and pull, and pull. I will make a pact with you: I will do it if you will do it, always and forever. Take down the walls.
Lauren Oliver