Nov. 18, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
In today’s ever-evolving world of music and inspiration, Lena Meyer-Landrut stands out not only for her melodious voice but also for her profound insights. With a career that blossomed after her Eurovision win in 2010, Lena has captivated audiences far beyond the realms of her native Germany. Her words, much like her music, resonate with grace, authenticity, and wisdom. Whether you’re a long-time fan or just discovering her artistry, these top 34 insightful quotes by Lena offer a glimpse into the mind of a truly remarkable artist. Prepare to be inspired by her thoughts on creativity, life, and the journey of self-discovery.
1. “I was lost before I found her in my dreams, and she found me that day in the rain. I knew it seemed like I was always the one trying to save Lena, but the truth was she had saved me, and I wasn't ready for her to stop now.” - Kami Garcia
2. “I love you, I'll never stop.” - Ann Brashares
3. “For a second we just stand there in silence. Then, suddenly, Alex is back,easy and smiling again. “I left a note for you one time. In the Governor’s fist, youknow?”I left a note for you one time. It’s impossible, too crazy to think about, and Ihear myself repeating, “You left a note for me?”“I’m pretty sure it said something stupid. Just hi, and a smiley face, and myname. But then you stopped coming.” He shrugs. “It’s probably still there. Thenote, I mean. Probably just a bit of paper pulp by now.” - Lauren Oliver
4. “They haven't killed us yet," I say, and I imagine that one day I will fly a plane over Portland, over Rochester, over every fenced-in city in the whole country, and I will bomb and bomb and bomb, and watch all their buildings smoldering to dust, and all those people melting and bleeding into flame, and I will see how they like it. If you take, we will take back. Steal from us, and we will rob you blind. When you squeeze, we will hit. This is the way the world is made now.” - Lauren Oliver
5. “Alex loved books. He was the one who first introduced me to poetry. That's another reason I can't read anymore.” - Lauren Oliver
6. “Ethan, I love you. Don’t leave me. I can’t do this without you.If there was moonlight, I could have seen his face. But there was no moon, not now, and the only light came from the fire, still frozen, surrounding me on every side. The sky was empty, absolutely black. There was nothing. I had lost everything tonight.I sobbed until I couldn’t breathe and my fingers slipped through his, knowing I would never feel those fingers in my hair again.Ethan.” - Kami Garcia
7. “He is my world and my world is him and without him there is no world.” - Lauren Oliver
8. “Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?""I don't know any other way.""Let me show you."And then we're kissing. Or at least, I think we're kissing—I've only seen it done a couple of times, quick closed-mouth pecks at weddings or on formal occasions. But this isn't like anything I've ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: this is like music or dancing but better than both.” - Lauren Oliver
9. “This is what I want. This is the only thing I've ever wanted. Everything else—every single second of every single day that has come before this very moment, this kiss—has meant nothing.” - Lauren Oliver
10. “I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him.” - Lauren Oliver
11. “I know the rules. I've been living here longer than you have."He cracks a smile then. He nudges me back. "Hardly.""Born and raised. You're a transplant." I nudge him again, a little harder, and he laughs and tries to catch hold of my arm. I squirm away, giggling, and he stretches out to tickle my stomach. "Country bumpkin!" I squeal, as he grabs out and wrestles me back onto the blanket, laughing."City slicker," he says, rolling over on top of me, and then kisses me. Everything dissolves: heat, explosions of color, floating.” - Lauren Oliver
12. “DEMON MATHWhat is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there is nothing left to share what is YOURS when your pain is mine to bear this sad math is mine this mad path is mine subtract they saydon't cry back to the desk try forget addition multiply and i reply this is why remainders hate division.” - Kami Garcia
13. “I saw his face change. His eyes widen.He lunged at me. I wouldn't let go. We stared into eachother's eyes and clawed at eachother's throats. As we rolled over the edge of the water tower and fellthewholewaydown,I wasonlythinkingonething ...Lena” - Kami Garcia
14. “She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.” - Ann Brashares
15. “Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.” - Ann Brashares
16. “Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn this long separation only now that it was over.” - Ann Brashares
17. “The idea—the fact of it, the fact that he even noticed and thought about me for more than one second—is huge and overwhelming, makes my legs go tingly and my hands feel numb.” - Lauren Oliver
18. “Nothing has ever been so painful or delicious as being so close to him and being unable to do anything about it: like eating ice cream so fast on a hot day you get a splitting headache.” - Lauren Oliver
19. “What does it feel like to be infected?""I-- I can't describe it." I force the words out. Can't breathe, can't breathe, can't breathe. His skin smells like smoke from a wood fire, like soap, like heaven. I imagine tasting his skin; I imagine biting his lips. "I want to know." His words are a whisper, barely audible. "I want to know with you.” - Lauren Oliver
20. “I'm sorry,Lena” - Lauren Oliver
21. “I love you. Remember. And someday, I will find you again.” - Lauren Oliver
22. “Laws of physicslaws of loveof time and spaceand the (in)between place(in)between you and meand where we arelost and lookinglooking and lost” - Kami Garcia
23. “No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other, and the rest of the world can go to hell.” - Lauren Oliver
24. “I keep having the urge to cross my hands over my chest, to cover up my breasts, to hide. I'm suddenly aware of how pale I look in the sunshine, and how many moles I have spotting up and down my chest, and I just know he's looking at me thinking i'm wrong or deformed. But the he breathes, 'Beautiful' and when his eyes meet mine I know that he really, truly means it.” - Lauren Oliver
25. “It's the rule of the wilds. You must be bigger, and stronger, and tougher. A coldness radiates through me, a solid wall that is growing, piece by piece, in my chest. He doesn't love me.He never loved me.It was all a lie."The old Lena is dead." I say, and then push past him. Each step is more difficult than the last; the heaviness fills me and turns my limbs to stone.You must hurt or be hurt.” - Lauren Oliver
26. “I walked over and picked up one of the jugs. "What's this? Some kind of Caster disinfectant?"Lena took it out of my hand and lined it up with the others. "Yeah, it's called bleach.” - Kami Garcia
27. “Alex.” - Lauren Oliver
28. “And we did, and it wasn’t bad. We ate the whole stupid can, we were so hungry. And when it started to get dark you pointed to the sky, and toldme there was a star for every thing you loved about me.” I’m gasping, feeling as though I am about to drown; I’m reaching for him blindly, grabbing athis collar.” - Lauren Oliver
29. “it occurs to me that there is so much I never knew about him--his past, his role in the resistance, what his life was like in the Wilds, before he came to Portland, and I feel a flash of grief so intense it almost makes me cry out: not for what I lost, but for the chances I missed.” - Lauren Oliver
30. “I can admit, now, that I must have loved Lena. Not in an Unnatural way, but my feelings for her must have been a kind of sickness. How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust--and also to make you feel so whole?” - Lauren Oliver
31. “And even though I'm standing in the middle of the biggest crowd I've ever seen in my life, I suddenly feel very alone.” - Lauren Oliver
32. “-Todo el mundo está dormido. Llevan años dormidos. Tu parecias... despierta - susurra. Cierra los ojos, los vuelve a abrir-. Estoy harto de dormir.” - Lauren Oliver
33. “Instantáneas, momentos, meros segundos: tan frágiles y bellos y desesperados como una única mariposa que aletea en el viento creciente.” - Lauren Oliver
34. “Nos dijeron que el amor era una enfermedad. Nos dijeron que acabaría matándonos.Por primera vez me doy cuenta de que esto, también, podría ser una mentira.” - Lauren Oliver