“ She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really means...Her smile is her revenge. Lauren DeStefano
“ They're making me go to school," Pram said. "I don't think it's a very good idea. I've read about how cruel kids can be.""Are you afraid they'll be cruel, or that being around them for too long will m… Lauren DeStefano
“ There is a dark place calling to me, but I will not go just yet. I know I can't return from it. Lauren DeStefano
“ I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening. Lauren DeStefano
“ I watch the ashes swim around like dandelion puffs, making swirls where bodies and walls once stood. Lauren DeStefano
“ There’s this anomaly that happens sometimes with twins. It occurs in the womb when the fetuses are growing too closely to each other. The stronger twin develops normally, while the weaker twin crumple… Lauren DeStefano
“ Pram wasn't told the story of her birth. But even as a very small girl, she felt deep in her chest that she was alive and dead at the same time. Lauren DeStefano
“ His lips are familiar. I know the shape of them, know how to make mine fit against them. His taste is familiar too. For all the illusions and colors and sweet smells... he has always tasted like skin.… Lauren DeStefano
“ 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 grow until we're braver. We'll grow until our bones ache and our skin wrinkles an… Lauren DeStefano
“ My father warned me that you’re an interloper. He told me I should make you leave, since we’re no longer married and you’re not my concern,” he says. The thought gives me a chill. Yes, I’m sure Vaughn… Lauren DeStefano
“ I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other option is death. Maybe that's what being a parent is supposed to… Lauren DeStefano
“ I still don't know where you came from," he says. "Some days it's like you just fell from the sky.""Some days I feel like I did." I say. Lauren DeStefano
“ Her hair is full of icy wind and daylight. She is every princess, every queen, in the history book. Lauren DeStefano
“ She knew that the dead hid pieces of themselves in the world. They buried organs in the living. They stuffed memories into trees and clouds and other innocuous things. Lauren DeStefano
“ It is the face of a girl who has seen the world, who realizes that it hates her, and who hates it in return. Lauren DeStefano
