“But he has a clever way of getting answers with carefully worded statements.” — Lauren DeStefano Clever Copy Share Image
Humans are the absolute worst thing to happen to this planet. — Lauren DeStefano Absolutes Copy Share Image
“It wasn't enough that they stole our future; they had to steal our past.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Love unrequited is violent. He loves you so much that he's turned it into hate. — Lauren DeStefano Hate Copy Share Image
Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift. — Lauren DeStefano Daylight Copy Share Image
“I'll never disappear. I promise that every time I leave, I'll always come back.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
For males twenty-five is the fatal age. For women it's twenty. We are all dropping like flies. — Lauren DeStefano Age Copy Share Image
In the distance I see a lighthouse. The light washes over us and continues on its rotation. This time, I don't know… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave… — Lauren DeStefano Character Copy Share Image
She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really… — Lauren DeStefano Beauty Copy Share Image
None of the wives mention the security guards by the door, who will probably tackle us to the ground if we try… — Lauren DeStefano Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Maybe it is desperation. Maybe we can't let things fall apart without trying. We can't let go of the people we love. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a… — Lauren DeStefano Body Copy Share Image
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Jenna, standing in the doorway with her mouth and hand full of shelled pistachios, says, '"Real' is a dirty word in this… — Lauren DeStefano Funny Copy Share Image
“When Cecily comes to sit beside me, we rest our heads together and I tell her a final story about the twins.… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“And about a thousand other things," he says, pausing sometimes between his words, making sure he has them right. I get the… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I wonder if she has figured out that I'll never love Linden, especially not in the way she does, and that he'll… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I want to make a world more magical than my own. I don't care if it makes sense, I don't care if… — Lauren DeStefano Care Copy Share Image
“This is the real Madame. I can see why she hides herself in accents and gems and exotic perfumes. I can see… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Words like 'unputdownable' and 'irresistible' are simply not enough for Cat Winters's In the Shadow of Blackbirds. Days after finishing this story,… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“The portrait rattles and goes still. I wonder if the dream would do my mother any good. I wonder if all that… — Lauren DeStefano Children Copy Share Image
“Absorbing water from the clouds would make more sense than believing our lakes are a gift from the sky god. But when… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“It’s a world worth fighting for. Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
What have you done? What have you given up?' So many things, Cecily. More than you know. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run. — Lauren DeStefano Momentum Copy Share Image
It's best to let her go," he says. No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone. — Lauren DeStefano Giving Copy Share Image
I think he's beginning to understand, and understanding is a horrible thing. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I never wanted to live forever," she says. "I just wanted enough time. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I'm going to call you Rose," he says with resolution, working the back off an old clock.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Old cheerful songs about frivolous things that mean nothing to me.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“He rubbed my arm, whispering words that sounded like moth bodies flying into glass windows.” — Lauren DeStefano Poetic-fiction Copy Share Image
“If you've never been afraid, you haven't had your moment of bravery just yet” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Death itself is no match for you. The day you were born, it shrank away in fear.” — Lauren DeStefano Death Copy Share Image
“And here we are: two small dying things, as the world ends around us like falling autumn leaves.” — Lauren DeStefano Autumn Copy Share Image
“We seem to have much in common with a girl who was killed for her ideas," he says.” — Lauren DeStefano Girl Copy Share Image
