“I wipe at her cheeks with the cuff of my green sweater because it’s the softest thing I can think of. It… — Lauren DeStefano Poetic-fiction Copy Share Image
“I thought for sure she was gone. But there was a little bit left in her, wasn't there? Just enough.” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“There is no darkness like that of a confined space. It's darker than the inside of eyelids, and darker than the night.” — Lauren DeStefano Darkness Copy Share Image
The thing about hope is that it doesn't go away even when it serves no purpose. — Lauren DeStefano Going away 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 Aggressive Copy Share Image
I want to make a world more magical than my own. I don't care if it makes sense, I don't care if… — Lauren DeStefano Care Copy Share Image
“This was the way it had always been between them. The world tried to destroy them, but they kept each other alive.” — Lauren DeStefano Siblings Copy Share Image
We are stronger than we've credited ourselves to be. We have been the victims and the witnesses. We have said a lifetime… — Lauren DeStefano Bye Copy Share Image
Ah, love. That’s what the world has lost. There’s no more love, only the illusion of it. — Lauren DeStefano Illusion Copy Share Image
I nod like I'm not at all unnerved by this new cold side to him. Not cruel like his father. Not warm… — Lauren DeStefano Chosen Copy Share Image
“I wish I could remember it. I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air,… — Lauren DeStefano Cold air Copy Share Image
She would do anything, anything to belong to his son after a lifetime of belonging to no one at all. — Lauren DeStefano Belonging Copy Share Image
Life is much different from the days when there were lilies in my mother’s garden, and all my secrets fit into a… — Lauren DeStefano Cups Copy Share Image
I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be… — Lauren DeStefano Brother Copy Share Image
“This is the real Madame. I can see why she hides herself in accents and gems and exotic perfumes. I can see… — Lauren DeStefano Broken Copy Share Image
Tell me about yourself." "Myself?" He looks confused. "Yes," I say, patting the mattress. "You know all there is to know," he… — Lauren DeStefano About yourself Copy Share Image
Bet you never eat, he says. Bet you drink up the oxygen like it's butter. Bet you can go for days on… — Lauren DeStefano Drink Copy Share Image
Living in a place like this, she must have learned how to see all the monsters that can hide a person. — Lauren DeStefano Monsters Copy Share Image
Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere. — Lauren DeStefano Home Copy Share Image
I don't know if it was love or an illusion. I don't know if there's ever a way to be certain. — Lauren DeStefano Certain Copy Share Image
I always knew I was an excellent liar; I just didn't know that I had it in me to fool myself. — Lauren DeStefano Excellent Copy Share Image
Write words you’re willing to burn at the stake for. Write words you’d believe in even if the rest of the world… — Lauren DeStefano Believe Copy Share Image
“Whenever there's something I don't like about a stranger, I try to imagine that someone out there loves them, and it puts… — Lauren DeStefano Love Copy Share Image
