“And here we are: two small dying things, as the world ends around us like falling autumn leaves.” — Lauren DeStefano Autumn Copy Share Image
“We seem to have much in common with a girl who was killed for her ideas," he says.” — Lauren DeStefano Girl Copy Share Image
“She was supposed to build sand castles on the beach and put her toes in the ocean,” Madame says.” — Lauren DeStefano Poetic-fiction 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 never wanted to live forever, I just wanted enough time.” — Lauren DeStefano Enough time Copy Share Image
It was a terrible decision, and I confess I'd make it again. — Lauren DeStefano Confess Copy Share Image
“Death itself is no match for you. The day you were born, it shrank away in fear.” — Lauren DeStefano Death 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
“Once upon a time there were two parents, two children, and a brick house with lilies in the yard. The parents died,… — Lauren DeStefano Bricks Copy Share Image
I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new… — Lauren DeStefano Air Copy Share Image
I had this feeling like the solution to everything would be down there if only I could dig through all those clouds. — Lauren DeStefano Clouds Copy Share Image
“I wonder if the people of the ground ever feel that their children are too big for their world, too.” — Lauren DeStefano Child 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 Believed 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… — Lauren DeStefano Body Copy Share Image
I liked just being with you. I liked the way you breathed when you were asleep. I liked when you took the… — Lauren DeStefano Champagne Copy Share Image
He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling… — Lauren DeStefano Daylight Copy Share Image
When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade… — Lauren DeStefano Adult 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 Accept Copy Share Image
“I have seen my father concede to utter defeat in the hospital room. I've heard him choke on sobs and whisper angry… — Lauren DeStefano Failure Copy Share Image
There was a desperate undercurrent to our marriage--a feeling of being in a dream from which I couldn't seem to awaken. A… — Lauren DeStefano Clothes 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 Born 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 Computers 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
Maybe it is desperation. Maybe we can't let things fall apart without trying. We can't let go of the people we love. — Lauren DeStefano Can-t-let-go Copy Share Image
The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave… — Lauren DeStefano Character Copy Share Image
“Just what I need." Pen throws back the blankets. "Another man in my life. At least this one doesn't speak.” — Lauren DeStefano Another man Copy Share Image
The sullen boy sitting before me is not my husband, and the girl he is fretting over isn't me, will never be… — Lauren DeStefano Boys Copy Share Image
“I want to be the cure that doesn’t exist. But I’m nothing. I can’t even work up the courage to say something.” — Lauren DeStefano Courage Copy Share Image
She's beautiful and graceful, and she is very compassionate and loyal when you aren't responsible for the murder of her family. — Lauren DeStefano Beautiful Copy Share Image
“I rip my handout of hers, and I want to back away. I want to get as far from her as I… — Lauren DeStefano Tell 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
“It taught me that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries… — Lauren DeStefano Mind Copy Share Image
“When I die, my characters are going to spend forever pinging in the shadows and stars looking for brains to latch onto.” — Lauren DeStefano Astronomy Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't know how afraid we are until we've reached a strange door and we don't know what will be on… — Lauren DeStefano Doors Copy Share Image
“I draw back,gently step out of his hands that gripped my shoulders and were just edging their way to either side of… — Lauren DeStefano 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
“Look," Linden says. " Look how beautiful it is." "The sunrise?" I ask. "The start of a new day," Linden says. "Being… — Lauren DeStefano Health Copy Share Image
There's nothing here to say good-bye to. There's no dancing girl. No mischievous smile. She's gone, off with her sisters, broken free,… — Lauren DeStefano Broken Copy Share Image
“He talks softly, patiently, as I sit on the window ledge and watch boats with colorful triangles for sails scratch the ocean.” — Lauren DeStefano Ocean 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
