Maybe next time, but probably not. Lauren Oliver More Quotes by Lauren Oliver More Quotes From Lauren Oliver I was glad when the invalids were executed Lauren Oliver glad The kidnapping, the kiss. I brought him here, after all. I rescue him an pulled him into this new life, a life of freedom and feeling. Lauren Oliver kissing new-life feelings In one of the tents, Julian is sleeping. And in another: Alex Lauren Oliver alex tents sleep There were days I asked for it-prayed for it when I went to sleep. The belief that I would see you again, that I could find you-the hope for it-was the only thing that kept me going. Lauren Oliver you-again belief sleep Alex is dead, do you hear me? All of that-what we felt, what it meant- that's done now, okay? Buried. Blown away. Lauren Oliver alex buried done I’m not the Hana everyone told me I would be after my cure. Lauren Oliver cures would-be This is the language of the world before—a world of chaos and confusion and happiness and despair—before the blitz turned streets to grids, cities to prisons, and hearts to dust. Lauren Oliver dust cities heart I screamed until my voice dried up in my throat. We all did. All of us in Ward Six, all of us forgotten, left to rot. Lauren Oliver six voice forgotten that's what it was like waking up in the crypts. no-longer-dead. but without her. like burning alive. Lauren Oliver burning wake-up alive only when it rains. and sometimes, too, when i remember. Lauren Oliver rain remember sometimes you have to understand. i wasn't just thinking of me. i was thinking of her, too. Lauren Oliver thinking-of-her thinking it seemed a lifetime ago i'd lain in bed with Lena and felt her breath tickling my chin and held her while she slept, felt her heart beating through her skin to mine. it was a lifetime ago. everything was different. Lauren Oliver bed skins heart That's what Zombieland is: frozen, calm, quiet. Lauren Oliver zombieland frozen calm anything, anything is possible, if you can just see the sky. Lauren Oliver anything-is-possible ifs sky people do terrible things, sometimes, for the best reasons. Lauren Oliver reason sometimes people Direction, like time, is a general thing, the deprived of boundaries and borders. It is an endless process interception and reinterception, doubling back and adjusting. Lauren Oliver adjusting borders boundaries I feel a flash of grief so intense it almost makes me cry out: not for what I lost, but for the chances I missed. Lauren Oliver cry chance grief People are like ants: Just a few of them give all the orders. And most of them spend their lives getting squashed. Lauren Oliver giving order people There are no happy endings, only breaks in the regular action. Lauren Oliver happy-endings break action Funny how time heals. Like that bullet in my ribs. It's there, I know it's there, but I can barely feel it at all anymore. Lauren Oliver ribs time-heals bullets