The thing about hope is that it doesn't go away even when it serves no purpose. — Lauren DeStefano Going away Copy Share Image
“For a while, it's just the sound of the water, and then Pen says, "I didn't want him to die.” — Lauren DeStefano Water 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
“We’re all living in a parallel universe of what the world used to be.” — Lauren DeStefano Life Copy Share Image
There’s a limit to how much living can be done in a life without freedom. — Lauren DeStefano Done 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 Excellent Copy Share Image
“He needs to grieve," I tell her. "He'll come find us when he's ready." "Rose is never going to be dead," she… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Someday I'll tell you all of it," I say. "I'd like that," he says. "No," I say. "I promise you won't. — Lauren DeStefano I promise Copy Share Image
I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality. — Lauren DeStefano Discipline Copy Share Image
Do you know what my father used to say?" I ask her. "He used to say that songs had a heart. A… — Lauren DeStefano Blood 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 Dip 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
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 Drink 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
“Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it is watching it replay anew in… — Lauren DeStefano Loss Copy Share Image
So how long do you think it’ll be?” he says. “Before the next hurricane comes along to take you home.” “Can I… — Lauren DeStefano Biggest fear 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 Bad Copy Share Image
It isn’t a perfect place. There are no perfect places. But nobody cares about perfection when there are sand castles to build… — Lauren DeStefano Born 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
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 Firsts 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
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 Aggressive Copy Share Image
“Rhine: It's okay that you miss her. She was the love of your life. Linden: Not the only love. It feels wrong… — Lauren DeStefano Life Copy Share Image
And then I wonder, does my brother think of me this way? We entered this world together, one after the other, beats… — Lauren DeStefano Beats Copy Share Image
“There’s this anomaly that happens sometimes with twins. It occurs in the womb when the fetuses are growing too closely to each… — Lauren DeStefano Dark Copy Share Image
He kissed back, all the pages spread out around us like riddles waiting to be solved. Let them wait. Let my genes… — Lauren DeStefano Ashes Copy Share Image
Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans… — Lauren DeStefano Arches 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 Gaze 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 Flames 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
