“Love : a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That’s what it is: an edge; a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side. Before and after—and during, a moment no bigger or longer than an edge.”
Lauren Oliver, born in 1982, is an accomplished American author known for her profound emotional depth and imaginative storytelling. Her works have garnered widespread acclaim and have resonated with readers around the world. more
“Read the book of life or a life in a book: it’s all epigraphs and anagrams.”
“The good is the brother of the true; it will help its brother.”
“A world where complex English skills have come to be mistaken for intellectuality.”