who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries. — Lauren DeStefano Comedy Copy Share Image
“The pieces of my life can never seem to stay in one place.” — Lauren DeStefano Life Copy Share Image
“He rubbed my arm, whispering words that sounded like moth bodies flying into glass windows.” — Lauren DeStefano Poetic-fiction Copy Share Image
“I'm going to call you Rose," he says with resolution, working the back off an old clock.” — Lauren DeStefano Rose Says Copy Share Image
What have you done? What have you given up?' So many things, Cecily. More than you know. — Lauren DeStefano Done Copy Share Image
The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed. — Lauren DeStefano Exit Copy Share Image
He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift. — Lauren DeStefano Daylight Copy Share Image
Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying. — Lauren DeStefano Born 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 Character 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 City Copy Share Image
“We hope for things we may not get to see, and we hold on with both hands because it's one of the… — Lauren DeStefano Hold Copy Share Image
“We're born moving forward. Sometimes we lose people along the way, and all we can do is watch them get smaller behind… — Lauren DeStefano Moving forward Copy Share Image
“She strokes my cheeks with the side of her hand – a repetitive, wispy motion. Like little ghost kisses.” — Lauren DeStefano Poetic-fiction Copy Share Image
“I'm sitting on the floor of the hospital lobby, waiting. That’s always the worst part, the waiting.” — Lauren DeStefano Hospital Lobby Copy Share Image
We figure out what death means when we're born, practically, and we live our whole lives in some kind of weird denial… — Lauren DeStefano Born Copy Share Image
“He wants the jars that have caught the morning light; I think he believes they hold little pieces of the sun.” — Lauren DeStefano Jars Copy Share Image
I wonder if she has figured out that I'll never love Linden, especially not in the way she does, and that he'll… — Lauren DeStefano Despite Copy Share Image
I don't dare touch her. Loss is a knowledge I'm sorry to have. Perhaps the only thing worse than experiencing it, is… — Lauren DeStefano Awful Copy Share Image
“This story is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. "I could find another one," Basil says. "No, I want to see… — Lauren Destefano Story Ridiculous Copy Share Image
“When Cecily comes to sit beside me, we rest our heads together and I tell her a final story about the twins.… — Lauren DeStefano Final Story Copy Share Image
There is warmth shooting through my broken body where there should be pain, and I put my arms around the back of… — Lauren DeStefano Arms 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 Bed Copy Share Image
“Thick black smoke disappears into the darkness of night, blotting out patches of stars. Somewhere up there, higher than his world and… — Lauren DeStefano Darkness Copy Share Image
We were his disposable things. Brought to him like cattle. Stripped of what made us sisters or daughters or children. There was… — Lauren DeStefano Bones Copy Share Image
“It’s a world worth fighting for. Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.” — Lauren DeStefano Anew Copy Share Image
Humans are the absolute worst thing to happen to this planet. — Lauren DeStefano Absolutes Copy Share Image
“It wasn't enough that they stole our future; they had to steal our past.” — Lauren DeStefano Steal Copy Share Image
“This isn’t living, what all of us are doing. We drive down long, dilapidated back roads.” — Lauren DeStefano Drive Copy Share Image
So many of the things I've wanted are the things I've been taught to fear. — Lauren DeStefano Fear Copy Share Image
Maybe hope isn't the most dangerous thing a person can have. Maybe love is. — Lauren DeStefano Dangerous Copy Share Image
I wonder what it’s like for her, looking so much like a dead girl. — Lauren DeStefano Girl Copy Share Image
“There are pillow creases on her face, and she cringes whenever she moves her legs.” — Lauren DeStefano Creases Copy Share Image
“They just want to make sure we haven't gone mad. You haven't gone mad, have you?” — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
Rhine. The river that, somewhere out there, has broken free. — Lauren DeStefano Broken 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
...maybe hope isn't such a bad thing. Maybe it's what keeps us together. — Lauren DeStefano Bad thing Copy Share Image
“I become distantly aware of my own grief, and I realize how easily I'm able to force it away.” — Lauren DeStefano Grief Copy Share Image
