He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I wanted to be rid of him," he says. He raises my chin with his thumb. "But not if it meant being… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I think, in this strange world of beautiful things, there may be some humanity after all. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Every star has been set in the sky. We mistakenly think they were put there for us. — Lauren DeStefano 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 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 Copy Share Image
I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Forget who you are and what you think is there, and you'll discover things that don't exist to be known. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I think he's beginning to understand, and understanding is a horrible thing. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I've loved you since the day I stole the atlas for you," Gabriel says, because he thinks I'm asleep. — 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
