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title: "2 Best intentions Quotes By Lauren DeStefano"
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> [I like the idea of something greater than us. We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions. We are no closer to perfection than we were one hundred years ago, or five hundred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-like-the-idea-of-something-greater-than-us-we-destroy-things-with/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

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> [We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/we-destroy-things-with-our-curiosity-we-shatter-with-our-best/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

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## More by Lauren DeStefano

> [“I watch the perfectly imperfect people several stories below, living their perfectly imperfect lives, and I think about how many decades will have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-watch-the-perfectly-imperfect-people-several-stories-below-living/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/you-have-a-way-of-looking-at-things-you-make-it-seem-as-though/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/he-says-one-word-nodding-into-the-daylight-look-it-s-an-astounding/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [“Rhine: It's okay that you miss her. She was the love of your life. Linden: Not the only love. It feels wrong to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/rhine-it-s-okay-that-you-miss-her-she-was-the-love-of-your-life/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [“She strokes my cheeks with the side of her hand – a repetitive, wispy motion. Like little ghost kisses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/she-strokes-my-cheeks-with-the-side-of-her-hand-a-repetitive-wispy/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-ve-done-it-all-before-i-tell-myself-and-i-can-do-it-again-trust-is/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [Even things that aren't broken can be fixed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/even-things-that-aren-t-broken-can-be-fixed/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [“Now isn't the time to be angry with my brother, but I suppose the anger I feel for him never goes away. I cover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/now-isn-t-the-time-to-be-angry-with-my-brother-but-i-suppose-the/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a ribbon of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-see-an-ocean-that-s-spilled-out-of-a-wineglass-its-body-clear-and/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [Gabriel's voice can reach me anywhere. Even in a hurricane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/gabriel-s-voice-can-reach-me-anywhere-even-in-a-hurricane/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [Maybe what frightens us about the edge isn't our fear of morality, but the thoughts it leads us to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/maybe-what-frightens-us-about-the-edge-isn-t-our-fear-of-morality-but/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [“This isn’t living, what all of us are doing. We drive down long, dilapidated back roads.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/this-isn-t-living-what-all-of-us-are-doing-we-drive-down-long/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [“I don't know how it happens. We move our faces at the same time, and then our lips are touching. I've lost my worries.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-don-t-know-how-it-happens-we-move-our-faces-at-the-same-time-and/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/suddenly-the-clouds-seem-high-above-us-they-re-moving-over-us-in-an/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

> [“I wonder if the people of the ground ever feel that their children are too big for their world, too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-destefano/i-wonder-if-the-people-of-the-ground-ever-feel-that-their-children/)

[Lauren DeStefano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-destefano/)

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