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
“I don't want illusions. I'm tired of feeling like I'm in a dream from which I can never awaken.” — Lauren DeStefano Dreams Copy Share Image
“When you were little, you were like a question mark with eyes.” — Lauren DeStefano Eyes Copy Share Image
I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Men will pay great money to see that they can't touch you” — Lauren DeStefano Great money Copy Share Image
You've been captive for so long that you don't even realize you want freedom anymore. — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really… — Lauren DeStefano Beauty Copy Share Image
In the distance I see a lighthouse. The light washes over us and continues on its rotation. This time, I don't know… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“It’s like I’m evolving into something that doesn’t include him. I don’t think I can ever be the person I was before… — Lauren DeStefano Evolving 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 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 Copy Share Image
“I'm sitting on the floor of the hospital lobby, waiting. That’s always the worst part, the waiting.” — 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 Copy Share Image
“I find my way back to the door, leaving him to his new day so he may think of Rose, whose sunrises… — Lauren DeStefano 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 Copy Share Image
“One afternoon, as Rose lay in a sweaty daze, teetering on the edge of consciousness, she made me swear that I would… — Lauren Destefano Promise 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
When we were first married, I thought he must have been the most heartless, hateful man I'd ever known, but he was… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
It isn’t a perfect place. There are no perfect places. But nobody cares about perfection when there are sand castles to build… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I dream of where I am, and what lies before me. I do not dream of where I've been or what I've… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“My father warned me that you’re an interloper. He told me I should make you leave, since we’re no longer married and… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I don't realize how badly I've needed to say those words until they've left my mouth. They hang in the air. And… — Lauren DeStefano Truth Copy Share Image
“When I was little, my brother drew an image for me on the train ride home from the academy. It was a… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“I open my mouth to, I don't know, apologize again maybe. But he takes my face in his hands and presses his… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“The princess stops us walking. She holds the lantern up between us, and she looks at me with the eyes of all… — Lauren DeStefano History Copy Share Image
“ The first humans were especially ungrateful. After the birth of the sun and the moon, they asked for stars. After the… — Lauren DeStefano Sun And The Moon Copy Share Image
Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“When I call his name, it’s a sound almost entirely out of my control. It soars over the crowd and hits him.… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“On Internment, you can be anything you dream--a novelist or a singer, a florist or a factory worker. You can spend entire… — Lauren DeStefano Internment Copy Share Image
“I don't know how it happens. We move our faces at the same time, and then our lips are touching. I've lost… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
