Every star has been set in the sky. We mistakenly think they were put there for us. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
They never exhale, the trees; on a very windy day, they rustle and inhale, and then the leaves and the branches all… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I'll tell you something about true love. There's no science to it. It's as natural as the sky. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I shake my head, watching snow tumble and swirl from an all-white sky. The world seems so clean if you only look… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his… — 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
