Life Lessons Quote by Lauren Oliver — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Of all the miracles Po had seen in the time and space of its death, Po thought this--the absorption of another, the carrying of it--was the most bewildering and remarkable of all. Whenever Bundle separated again, Po was left with an ache of sadness that reminded the ghost of the body it had left behind.”

“In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the sensation of cold and darkness everywhere. I am so scared I could scream. But when I open my mouth, nothing happens. And I wonder if you fall forever and never touch down, is it really still falling? I think I will fall forever.”

“They say that just before you die your whole life flashes before your eyes, but that's not how it happened for me.”

“At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.”

“It's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast.”

“We're not making mistakes. We're making experiences.”

“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.”

“Stay focused until you go through a door that changes your life.”

“Victory will eventually come, if you do not give up on what is righteous.”

“The wind doesn’t ask permission to move mountains. It whispers, persists, and returns—until even stone begins to shift.”

“If you don't create your own rules, they will twist and bend you to fit theirs”