Lauren James > Lauren's Quotes

“I love you. In every life, I love you. I love you so much.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“I can remember thinking I’d been turned inside out. Kind of like the first time I saw you.”
― Lauren James, The Last Beginning

“All I'm doing is carrying you around, and making a fool of myself. I’m useless. I’m not helping anyone.’’

‘’Clove Sutcliffe, you are doing things no human has ever done before. You are groundbreaking. You are unique. Do not cease to function due to inappropriate emotional weakness.”
― Lauren James, The Last Beginning

“I really am sorry."
Clove could feel Ella’s heartbeat thumping against the skin. It sent shivers through her. Her breath came out too sharp. She wanted to cradle Ella’s cheek, to push her fingers into her hair. “I didn’t want to have to regret becoming emotionally invested in you,” she said in a whisper.”
― Lauren James, The Last Beginning

“Kate cleared her throat. She looked between the two of them. “Uh, how did you two
meet?”
“Ella stalked me,” Clove replied at the same time as Ella said, “I saved her life.”
― Lauren James, The Last Beginning

“I’m getting this all wrong. Clove, I’m sorry,” her dad – Tom - said. “Let me explain properly.“ He faltered. Jen patted his hand again.

“Maybe it’s best if I just come right out with it. What do you know about Matthew Galloway and Katherine Finchley?”
― Lauren James, The Last Beginning

“KitKat 13:18:45: Who would your ideal prince be? Your childhood friend, Prince Charming, or a strong warrior?

Gallows Humor 13:19:10: I don’t want to know which Disney Princess I am. I’ve told you before, stop doing online quizzes. Leave it.

Gallows Humor 13:22:19: He would love me for myself.

KitKat 13:22:57: Tell me about your dress.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“You think you are a lot funnier than you are, you know,” he replied, not looking away from the cannon.

“I am extremely amusing! I don’t think you are listening properly.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“Not exactly hard, is it?”

“That’s what she said,” Kate interjected.

Matt shook his head. “And this is where I chose to lay my affections,” he muttered, like it was just the latest in a series of bad life choices he’d made.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“Are you absolutely certain this is safe?” Matthew Galloway asked, peering suspiciously out over the lake.”
― Lauren James, Another Together

“There’s a hand,” she said.

“You need a hand?” Matthew carefully skated back to her. “Have you got yourself stuck?”

“No, Matthew. There appears to be a hand. Frozen in the ice.”
― Lauren James, Another Together

“Maybe if you discover the murderer you’ll be a hero. At the minute I’m not entirely certain you’re anything more than a one-inch newspaper article.”

“Treachery! I’m sure we’ve earnt at least two inches of text.”
― Lauren James, Another Together

“Matthew hereby declares that Katherine Galloway is retroactively responsible for all embarrassing and painful incidents that have occurred in his life to date. Including, but not limited to, that time he broke his own nose with a tennis racket in eighth grade. KATHERINE’S FAULT.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“I’ve been a bad influence on you, Mr. Galloway. Less of the sarcasm, young man. Cynicism doesn’t suit you,” she said.

“I hardly think sarcasm is the worst thing you’ve brought into my life,” he muttered.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“Kate was reading through a long diary entry about the first time Katherine
and Matthew had met. Katherine had apparently fallen deeply in lust on the very spot. The entry used the words “delectable,”“buttocks,” and “I want to bite them.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“He started a brief staring contest, which was apparently his new method of persuading her to agree to his point of view without the hassle of actually yelling.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“On good days, which don’t come often, I love my ship and everything it represents. I thrill at the thought of seeing Earth II. There are going to be so many things there that have never been seen by human eyes before. I’ll get to study the planet using priceless, brand-new equipment that’s just waiting to be unpacked. I’ll discover things that might change the fate of humanity for ever. The Infinity is the biggest, most expensive scientific mission in history. I get to be the very first person to see the results. I’m so lucky.

On bad days, I worry about my responsibilities until my gut cramps and my head feels full of knives.

On my very worst days, I think of nothing but how vulnerable I am out here. I’m balanced on the edge of oblivion with only a fragile skin of metal separating me from the void of space.”
― Lauren James, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

“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, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

“Love take so much energy, and it just leads to pain. I think it's probably best for people to be self-sufficient. If I was strong enough to be independent, then I wouldn't be so desperately lonely. I'm sure of it,”
― Lauren James, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

“I’ve got the half-real fear that creeps up on you in the middle of the night, making you think that there is a monster in your room.”
― Lauren James, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

“This whole journey is a balancing act based on faith. We're all just hoping the The Infinity will eventually be able to reach somewhere safe. And for what? To satisfy the great human spirit of exploration?
My life is a gambling chip thrown carelessly across the universe in the hope it'll land somewhere my descendants can survive.”
― Lauren James, The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

“To be honest, if I stopped joking around I'm pretty sure if go to bed and never get up again. I'm only barely holding onto my sanity right now through a series of poorly thought-out puns.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“All throughout history they had been doing this, finding and loving each other and being ripped apart before they even had a chance to live.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“It doesn't do any good to mourn for someone who is gone. They don't care. Their story has finished.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“Will you marry me, Katherine? I want us to spend this life and the next together.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“Did you have nightmares about it?' He nodded hopefully and then said, completely seriously, "It was traumatising.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“A pencil. A PENCIL," he said, with growing horror, staring into empty space as if at the horrific vision she had laid before him. He shook his head. "Some people just want society to collapse.”
― Lauren James, The Next Together

“Phosphenes, they were called - the sparks of colour that lit up your vision, the stars that appeared in the darkness.”
― Lauren James, The Last Beginning

“What difference does it even make, if we all die now instead of in a few decades?" I frown, my expression unseen against her side. "What are we all doing here, anyway? What are we achieving?"

Mum smooths out a section of my hair, before twisting it around her finger. "There's no finish line you need to cross to have lived a worthy life, Lowrie. You don't need to achieve anything, if you don't want to."

"But if we're the last..." I sigh.

"Don't worry about making your ancestors proud. You don't need to be perfect, just on the off chance you're the last of your kind. Life is whatever you want it to be. With whoever you want it to be with. Life is the people around you, the ones you love. You just need to be happy. That's all that matters."

I'm quiet for a moment, taking this in. "Are you happy?"

"I'm happier than I ever thought I'd be."

"What made you happy?"

"Having you.”
― Lauren James, The Quiet at the End of the World

“…Maybe that’s what matters. Maybe that’s what being “alive” is. It’s not some trick. There’s no magic chemical that gives something a soul. It’s about being loved and loving in return.”
― Lauren James, The Quiet at the End of the World