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Quote by Lauren Oliver

“If you want something, if you take it for your own, you'll always be taking it from someone else.”

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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

“It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a jar of instant grounds. "Don't," I warn him. He scoops up a heaping spoonful and, heedlessly, shovels it into his mouth. It crunches horribly. Then his eyes go wide. "Dry," he croaks. "Tongue...shriveling." I shake my head, picking up the jar. "It's dehydrated. You're supposed to add water. Good thing you're mostly made of water." He tries to say something. Brown powder dusts his shirt. "Also," I tell him, "that's decaf.”

Trying Made Eye Water Rooms Common Mouths Picks Empty Add Good Things Wide Tongue Coffee Dust Staring Shirts Instant His Eyes Dry Shakes Brown Pot Jars Powder Shovels Crunch

Author:Holly Black

“I thought I was getting better at this. I thought I was starting to make peace with being in love with a girl who despises me, but I don't think I'm so okay with it after all. Somewhere along the line I made a dark bargain with the universe without ever really being aware of it--a bargain that if I was allowed to see her, even if we never spoke, then I could live with that. And now a week without her has swallowed up all of my rational thinking. I feel like a junkie, sick for my next fix and not sure when it will come.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Made Girl Universe Next Lines Dark Week Okay Sick Starting Rational Get Better Not Sure Spokes Despise Being In Love Bargains Making Peace Rational Thinking Junkie

Book:Black Heart

Source: Black Heart

“Jones looks like he wants to slug me, which is only subtly different from his usual way of looking at me like I'm a slug.”

Way Want Looks Different Usual Slugs

Author:Holly Black

“I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.”

Needs Today Water Rooms Bowls Elephants Personal Space

Author:Jesse Ball

“It appears that countless women born between the years of 1965 and 1978 are in love with John Cusack. I cannot fathom how he isn't the number-one box office star in America, because every straight girl I know would see her soul to share a milkshake with that motherfucker.”

Knows Years Soul America Girl Stars Born Numbers Share Office Boxes Fathom Box Office Milkshakes

Book:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

“Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it.”

Needs Heart Ready Broken

Author:Brian K. Vaughan

“...an everlasting funeral marches round your heart.”

Heart Rounds March Funeral Everlasting

Book:The Crucible

Source: The Crucible

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