“...our parents' death broke his sense of wonder. My left-brained brother, who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
There was a desperate undercurrent to our marriage--a feeling of being in a dream from which I couldn't seem to awaken. A… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I listen to the rain and the thunder, and I think I hear Jenna's voice in them, sounding out a warning. She's… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
You can try to please everyone and risk accomplishing nothing, or go for your dreams and risk pissing a few people off. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“...Do dreams have to be confined to the same place as the dreamer?” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I figured it out eventually," she says. She's sitting on the edge of the gurney again; her features slowly materialize as my… — 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 Copy Share Image
“I don't want illusions. I'm tired of feeling like I'm in a dream from which I can never awaken.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“We have each other, and we always will, whatever happens. And if someone does murder me, you needn’t worry because I’ll come… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I dream of where I am, and what lies before me. I do not dream of where I've been or what I've… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I watch the perfectly imperfect people several stories below, living their perfectly imperfect lives, and I think about how many decades will have to… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
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… — 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 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 to think… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“She strokes my cheeks with the side of her hand – a repetitive, wispy motion. Like little ghost kisses.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“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… — 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 ribbon of… — Lauren DeStefano 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 Copy Share Image
“This isn’t living, what all of us are doing. We drive down long, dilapidated back roads.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
