Lauren Woolstencroft Quotes

Love was dangerous. It made one too vulnerable, too open to the pain of loss and betrayal. ~ Lauren Royal

I didn't know when I grew up, but it happened like this: I was so very young, and then suddenly, I was old. ~ Lauren Evers

For a long moment, he held her gaze without speaking, simply letting the impact of words sink in, before adding rapidly, as though he wished to get it over with as quickly as possible, "I won't deny that you're beautiful. No mirror could tell you otherwise. But there are beautiful women for the buying in any brothel in London. Oh yes, and the ballrooms, too, if one has the proper price. It wasn't your appearance that caught me. It was the way you put me down in the gallery at Sibley Court." Vaughn's lips curved in a reminiscent smile. "And the way you tried to bargain with me after."

"Successfully bargained," Mary corrected.

"That," replied Lord Vaughn, "is exactly what I mean. Has anyone ever told you that you haggle divinely? That the simple beauty of your self-interest is enough to bring a man to his knees?"

Mary couldn't in honesty say that anyone had.

Vaughn's eyes were as hard and bright as silver coins. "Those are the reasons I want you. I want you for your cunning mind and your hard heart, for your indomitable spirit and your scheming soul, for they're more honest by far than any of the so-called virtues."

"The truest poetry is the most feigning?" Mary quoted back his own words to him.

"And the most feigning is the most true. ~ Lauren Willig

Just listen, okay?" He grabs my shoulders before I can move past him, and I know, I know that something huge is happening, the kind of thing that takes worlds apart and remakes them. Hurricanes and tornadoes and boys with blue eyes. ~ Lauren Oliver

Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run. ~ Lauren DeStefano

I was eight when he left office. Like, he had an awesome house, you know, and my cousins and I had awesome trips to Camp David and Washington. It was just all like a good time for me. ~ Lauren Bush

Katie raises her eyebrows at Dan and looks him up and down. "You're a good dancer," she says, a gleam in her eye.
"Thank you," he says, with a funny little bow.
"But this Sinatra stuff they're playing now, this is just the warm-up, you know."
"I've been informed about the upcoming mandatory dance party, yes," he says formally, but grinning a little.
"Good, 'cause the DJ takes over after dinner, and this place is gonna get ugly," Katie says. "After the old people leave, there'll be real music. And by real, I mean old music, and new music, and horrible, shitty music. We don't care, as long as you can dance to it. We're gonna Macarena this thing if we have to, to keep this party going. The Macarena - that's how low we're gonna go. ~ Lauren Graham

I was just hoping that you'd realize that guys like me, go with girls like you. ~ Lauren Morrill

What she did not tell him balanced neatly with what she did. ~ Lauren Groff

It affects your mind so that you cannot think clearly, or make rational decisions about your own well-being. ~ Lauren Oliver

The problem in America as far as actors are concerned - and it's probably true in other fields, as well - is that they don't value people who are older or talented. I don't think ability means anything. How much money you have or how much money you can make for them are the only things they seem to care about or understand. ~ Lauren Bacall

His voice was friendly enough, but his gaze drilled into Mercy, an obvious challenge. Cute, Mercy thought. Not impressed, asshole. ~ Lauren Gilley

In they'd come, integers; out they came, squared. ~ Lauren Groff

Another ship. It's the best news I could ever have imagined.

Who are they going to send? Who's coming?

I stare out of the helm window, straining my eyes against the infinite blackness, pressing my fingernails into my palms so hard they sting. I can't see anything except the silver pinprick stars.

How long until I'll be able to see The Eternity?

How long until it will be able to see me? ~ Lauren James

I mean, when you've got someone who actually cares about you, maybe loves you, you'd have to be a real asshole to throw it away, ~ Lauren Baker

A little. But I've wanted to ask every day, and every day I get scared." Holding up his hand before she could misinterpret his words, he hastily added, "Not because I'm not sure. But because I want you to be as sure as I am. ~ Christina Lauren

He'd been dazzled by the luck; she smiled, knowing that luck was not real. The ~ Lauren Groff

I could tell her, I have feelings for you I haven't had before. I've been struggling with them since the first second I saw you, weeks ago. I don't know what these feelings mean, but I want to find out. ~ Christina Lauren

Now isn't the time to be angry with my brother, but I suppose the anger I feel for him never goes away. I cover it with love and with patience, but it doesn't undo what he's taken from all of us. ~ Lauren DeStefano

FASTER - don't talk down to the audience, take us for a spin, don't spell everything out for us, we're as smart as you - assume we can keep up; FUNNIER - entertain us, help us see how ridiculous and beautiful life can be, give us a reason to feel better about our flaws; LOUDER - deliver the story in the appropriate size, DON'T be indulgent or keep it to yourself, be generous - you're there to reach US." Barney takes a few gulps of air and beats his fist just once on his chest. "There you go, my dear. It might SOUND simple, but if I know you, you'll spend your life dedicated to getting it right. And that's it, my dear. THAT'S the whole banana. ~ Lauren Graham

Her smile is her revenge. ~ Lauren DeStefano

But no. I'm the one screaming. I am screaming as I run. I am screaming when the first bomb falls, and the Wilds turn to fire around ~ Lauren Oliver

Take this and stick it up your ass." I ~ Christina Lauren

I like wearing scarves in my hair because they make me look put together without taking a lot of time. ~ Lauren Conrad

We do this to ourselves. Society is a poisonous hamster wheel. ~ Lauren Beukes

Instead of the carefree, find-myself summer I envisioned, I'll be spending the next three months with my own life-sized Ken doll. ~ Lauren Layne

When I'm on the court, I feel like I'm in my element. ~ Lauren Jackson

You don't really learn how to swim until you're thrown to the sharks. (Lauren) ~ Priscilla Glen

You know what they say. First, it starts with conjugation. Then it leads to consummation. ~ Lauren Blakely

I'm going to change her last name. ~ Kimberly Lauren

[...] Mom's not keeping me out because it's a dead friend, she's keeping me out because it's a dead sixteen-year-old girl with no clothes on'
'And that's officially the creepiest thing you've ever said,' said Lauren. She stopped typing, and then grimaced and shivered, like she'd just eaten something disgusting. 'Seriously – yuck.'
I smiled. 'I've got a live girlfriend – what do I need a dead one for?'
[…]
Lauren folded her arms. 'How do I know you're not just trying to get her out of the house for your own nefarious purposes?'
I smiled. 'What kind of trouble am I going to get into? The dead girl doesn't get here until tomorrow. ~ Dan Wells