“Violence is the only way to achieve freedom, it seems. I wouldn't have thought so before all of this. My escape plan… — Lauren DeStefano Freedom Copy Share Image
“If you wake up in the morning with a pulse, your blunders from the day before are gone and you can do… — Lauren destefano Morning Copy Share Image
“Basil would never go for this - me chasing after an accused murderer in the darkness. He says there's nothing wrong with… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“But we frightened him, us girls, with our intensity, the weight of our sadness and the sharpness of our hearts” — Lauren DeStefano Sadness Copy Share Image
There are so many of us, so many girls. The world wants us for our wombs or our bodies, or it doesn't… — Lauren DeStefano Body Copy Share Image
Momentum,' She repeats. 'You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run. — Lauren DeStefano Momentum Copy Share Image
“Only bottles and locks and drawn curtains," Pen says, trying to balance on the edge of the sidewalk to little avail. "This… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I can almost see what Gabriel meant when he asked, 'What has the free world got that you can’t get here?' Almost.… — Lauren DeStefano Free world 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 Doorways Copy Share Image
“I'm dreading fall. It is a terrifying season,' he says finally. 'Everything shriveling up and dying.' I don't know how to answer.… — Lauren DeStefano Beauty Copy Share Image
There is no choice for him but to believe. He has nothing left to give in offering. — Lauren DeStefano Believe Copy Share Image
“Helplessly I look at him. He will never be just Rowan again. I will never be just Rhine. Everything has been tampered… — Lauren DeStefano Rhine Copy Share Image
A party in the orange grove. The pain on Linden's face is immediate. I am unwavering. He has cost me more pain… — Lauren DeStefano Able Copy Share Image
Tell freedom I said hello.' 'If I happen to see it, I will. — Lauren DeStefano Freedom Copy Share Image
“I see it now. There are no rules. It's survival of the fittest” — Lauren DeStefano Survival of the fittest 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 Dreams Copy Share Image
I wanted so badly to tell him, but something about that entire night seemed so beautiful, so bizarre, that I didn't trust… — Lauren DeStefano Beautiful 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 Ache 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 Children 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 Awful 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 Forget Copy Share Image
Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end. — Lauren DeStefano Beautiful Copy Share Image
