“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
“There’s this anomaly that happens sometimes with twins. It occurs in the womb when the fetuses are growing too closely to each… — Lauren DeStefano Dark 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 Doe Copy Share Image
“It's your way,' he says. 'When you were little, you were like a question mark with eyes.” — Lauren DeStefano Question mark 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
So many of the things I've wanted are the things I've been taught to fear. — Lauren DeStefano Taught Copy Share Image
It was a terrible decision, and I confess I'd make it again. — Lauren DeStefano Decision Copy Share Image
“Suppose it was painful," she whispers. "All that broken skin." She has been so steely I can almost forget she's in mourning.” — Lauren DeStefano Grief Copy Share Image
“It feels as though we’re going in slow motion. I think we’ll never get away. But eventually the Ferris wheel is far… — Lauren DeStefano Ferris wheel Copy Share Image
Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and… — Lauren DeStefano Could Copy Share Image
“His lips are familiar. I know the shape of them, know how to make mine fit against them. His taste is familiar… — Lauren DeStefano Kiss Copy Share Image
Maybe hope isn't the most dangerous thing a person can have. Maybe love is. — Lauren DeStefano Dangerous Copy Share Image
And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open. — Lauren DeStefano Cracks 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
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 Bedroom Copy Share Image
My worries always lead to dungeons; I can't imagine a worse thing than to be imprisoned for the rest of one's life,… — Lauren DeStefano Dungeons Copy Share Image
“For a while, it's just the sound of the water, and then Pen says, "I didn't want him to die.” — Lauren DeStefano Water Copy Share Image
“When I lost Rose, I kept going, I still do, but I’ll never be what I was when she was alive. It’ll… — Lauren DeStefano Death Copy Share Image
“So many girls allow themselves to be bleeding idiots because that's what's expected of them. Dress like a girl. Walk like one.… — Lauren DeStefano Desire Copy Share Image
Someday I'll tell you all of it," I say. "I'd like that," he says. "No," I say. "I promise you won't. — Lauren DeStefano I promise Copy Share Image
“It wasn't enough that they stole our future; they had to steal our past.” — Lauren DeStefano Time Copy Share Image
