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Something must die so that others can live.

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 41
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
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Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Dies
Others
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There is nothing else for people to do. They do not think. They feel no passion, no hatred, no sadness they feel nothing but fear, and a desire to control. So they watch, and poke, and pry.
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You came form different starts and you'll come to different ends.
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Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it. Like a lazy eye, or porn.
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The second time my world exploded, it was also because of a word. A word that worked its way out of my throat and danced onto and out of my lips before I could think about it, or stop it. The question was: Will you meet me tomorrow? And the word was: Yes.
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No guy in his right mind would ever choose me when there are people like Hana in the world: It would be like settling for a stale cookie when what you really want is a big bowl of ice cream, whipped cream and cherries and chocolate sprinkles included.
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You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist
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That's what Zombieland is: frozen, calm, quiet.
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Welcome to the free world. We give people the power to choose. They can even choose the wrong thing. Beautiful, isn't it?
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I wonder whether she was sorry for leaving us behind.
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Even the greatest movements on earth, have their beginnings with something small.
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I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.
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It's like there's a filter set up in my brain, except instead of making things better, it twists everything around so what comes out of my mouth is totally wrong, totally different from what I was thinking.
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Alex loved books. He was the one who first introduced me to poetry. That's another reason I can't read anymore.
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In 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.
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Fear. Blame. Don't forget. Mom. I love you. -Lauren Oliver, Delerium
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...and once at Hana's house, when we stole some blackberry liqueur from her parents' liquor cabinet and drank until the ceiling started spinning overhead. Hana was laughing and giggling, but I didn't like it, didn't like the sweet sick taste in my mouth or the way my thoughts seemed to break apart like a mist in the sun.
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Most of the time one night blends into the next and weeks blend into weeks and months into other months. And sooner or later we all die. But at the beginning of the night anything’s possible.
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Love: It will kill you and save you, both
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This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.
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I'm starved for different light, a different sun,different sky.
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