The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“It wasn't enough that they stole our future; they had to steal our past.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“And it only seems fitting that, in this moment of illusion, the words just come out of me. "I love you, too.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
In another time, in another place, I wonder who they might have been. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“This time as we ascend, I watch the world sinking below us. I watch the way the city fades into sand that… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time there were two parents, two children, and a brick house with lilies in the yard. The parents died,… — Lauren DeStefano 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 Copy Share Image
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could… — 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.… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
and I've always known it, the way I love a song I hear for the first time, even before I know all… — Lauren DeStefano 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 Copy Share Image
We accept gods that don't speak to us. We accept gods that would place us in a world filled with injustices and… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
We can change so many times in our lives. We're born into a family, and it's the only life we can imagine,… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“PEOPLE USED to be connected to one another all the time. That’s what my parents told me. Everyone had phones and computers.… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I never wanted to live forever," she says. "I just wanted enough time. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“In another time, another place, I wonder who we would have been to each other.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“If you've never been afraid, you haven't had your moment of bravery just yet” — 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
Times like this, when she slips her hand into mine and holds on tight, and our husband becomes just a shadow in… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“You have all heard the warnings about the edge. We have been told its winds are a song that will hypnotize us,… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Poor kid,' Jenna says, and rolls her eyes toward me for a moment. Then she returns to her book. 'She doesn't even… — 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
Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
We'll squeeze every second that we can from our lives, because we're young, and we have plenty of years to grow. We'll… — 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
