If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can't say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close to love, and love is amor deliria nervosa, the deadliest of all deadly things: It is the reason for the games of pretend, for the secret selves, for the spasms in the throat.


Pandemonium (Delirium Trilogy 2) (ed. Hachette UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9781444722949

Lauren Oliver Quotes

If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can't say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close to love, ...

If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can't say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close to love, ...

If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can't say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close to love, ...

If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he can't say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close to love, ...