There’s a limit to how much living can be done in a life without freedom. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I'll tell you something about love. It's no science to it. I'ts natural as the sky” — Lauren DeStefano Love Copy Share Image
There's a world out there that nobody has bothered to promise her. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I think, in this strange world of beautiful things, there may be some humanity after all. — Lauren DeStefano Beautiful Copy Share Image
Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere. — Lauren DeStefano Home Copy Share Image
A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue. — Lauren DeStefano Dreams Copy Share Image
I always knew I was an excellent liar; I just didn't know that I had it in me to fool myself. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Bet you never eat, he says. Bet you drink up the oxygen like it's butter. Bet you can go for days on… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“the abandoned traffic lights stare at us like empty eye sockets. Fields have gone to weed. There’s a little town of houses… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
There are so many of us, so many girls. The world wants us for our wombs or our bodies, or it doesn't… — Lauren DeStefano Body Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I've loved you since the day I stole the atlas for you," Gabriel says, because he thinks I'm asleep. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
There's a sort of dead passion in him. A spark that, had he more years to live, would be a wildfire. — Lauren DeStefano Passion Copy Share Image
Maybe what frightens us about the edge isn't our fear of morality, but the thoughts it leads us to have. — Lauren DeStefano Character Copy Share Image
“My father warned me that you’re an interloper. He told me I should make you leave, since we’re no longer married and… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I don't realize how badly I've needed to say those words until they've left my mouth. They hang in the air. And… — Lauren DeStefano Truth Copy Share Image
I like the idea of something greater than us. We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions. We… — Lauren DeStefano Best intentions Copy Share Image
“His lips are familiar. I know the shape of them, know how to make mine fit against them. His taste is familiar… — Lauren DeStefano Kiss Copy Share Image
When we were first married, I thought he must have been the most heartless, hateful man I'd ever known, but he was… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“One afternoon, as Rose lay in a sweaty daze, teetering on the edge of consciousness, she made me swear that I would… — Lauren Destefano Promise Copy Share Image
We'll squeeze every second that we can from our lives, because we're young, and we have plenty of years to grow. We'll… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“When I call his name, it’s a sound almost entirely out of my control. It soars over the crowd and hits him.… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I don't know how it happens. We move our faces at the same time, and then our lips are touching. I've lost… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“On Internment, you can be anything you dream--a novelist or a singer, a florist or a factory worker. You can spend entire… — Lauren DeStefano Internment Copy Share Image
“The princess stops us walking. She holds the lantern up between us, and she looks at me with the eyes of all… — Lauren DeStefano History Copy Share Image
“ The first humans were especially ungrateful. After the birth of the sun and the moon, they asked for stars. After the… — Lauren DeStefano Sun And The Moon Copy Share Image
“When I was little, my brother drew an image for me on the train ride home from the academy. It was a… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Tell me about yourself." "Myself?" He looks confused. "Yes," I say, patting the mattress. "You know all there is to know," he… — Lauren DeStefano About yourself Copy Share Image
“I open my mouth to, I don't know, apologize again maybe. But he takes my face in his hands and presses his… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
