Samantha Kingston Quotes

“Things change after you die, though- I guess because dying is about the lonliest thing you can do.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“I used to lie here like this all summer long,” I tell her. “I’d come up here and just stare at the sky.” She rolls over on her back so she’s staring up as well. “Bet this view hasn’t changed much, has it?” What she says is so simple I almost laugh. She’s right, of course. “No. This looks exactly the same.” I suppose that’s the secret, if
you’re ever wishing for things to go back to the way they were. You just have to look up.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
If I should die before I 'wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“Beep, beep,” Lindsay calls out. A few weeks ago my mom yelled at her for blasting her horn at six fifty-five every morning, and this is Lindsay’s solution.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“From the way they were pillow talking I was worried I was about to be treated to the symphony of another make-out session.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“He gives a half laugh. “I thought if I had a party, you would come.” I feel a rush of embarrassment, heat spreading up from my toes. His comment is so unexpected I don’t know what to say. He doesn’t seem embarrassed though. He just sits there looking at me. So typical Kent. He never understood that you can’t just say something like that.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“You shouldn’t believe everything you hear,” I blurt out, and all three girls instantly shut their mouths and stare at me. “It’s true,” I say, feeling bolder now that I have such a captive audience.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall