For males twenty-five is the fatal age. For women it's twenty. We are all dropping like flies. Lauren DeStefano More Quotes by Lauren DeStefano More Quotes From Lauren DeStefano She has the majesty of hurricanes and explosions. Lauren DeStefano explosions hurricanes majesty I was born into a world that was already dying; I belong to it. Lauren DeStefano born dying world She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite. Lauren DeStefano spite forgiving soldier I like the idea of something greater than us. We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions. We are no closer to perfection than we were one hundred years ago, or five hundred. Lauren DeStefano perfection years ideas I miss something I never even had. Lauren DeStefano missing Cure" is one of the most precious words in the English language. It's a short word. A clean and simple word. But it isn't so easy a thing as it sounds. There are questions like: How will this affect us in ten years? In twenty? What will it do to our children? Our children's children? Lauren DeStefano simple children years 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 letting-go people fall I wanted to be rid of him," he says. He raises my chin with his thumb. "But not if it meant being rid of you. I climbed in beside you, and you put your head in my lap. You can't think I would have left you like that." "Look what it got you," I say. "Tea in bed and you here in front of me," he says. "It was a terrible decision, and I confess I'd make it again. Lauren DeStefano decision tea thinking 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 girl hate world Living in a place like this, she must have learned how to see all the monsters that can hide a person. Lauren DeStefano persons monsters I'm suddenly finding it hard to know the difference between nightmares and consciousness. Lauren DeStefano nightmare consciousness differences We can change so many times in our lives. We're born into a family, and it's the only life we can imagine, but it changes. Buildings collapse. Fires burn. And the next second we're someplace else entirely, going through different motions and trying to keep up with this new person we've become. Lauren DeStefano different fire trying You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more dangerous thing to have than hope like yours. Lauren DeStefano dangerous imagine way I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality. Lauren DeStefano willpower trying reality I never wanted to live forever," she says. "I just wanted enough time. Lauren DeStefano enough-time forever life Good night, sweetheart," he says. "Good bye, sweetheart," I say. And it's so casual, so innocent that he doesn't suspect a thing. Lauren DeStefano sweetheart good-night bye Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole. Lauren DeStefano generation society government world I realized how wonderful YA is and how I really wanted to write something that created that level of intrigue. Lauren DeStefano write something how wonderful When I was growing up, there actually wasn't a lot of YA literature as it exists today. Most of the YA that I read was from the '60s and '70s, older than me. Lauren DeStefano me growing-up literature today She would do anything, anything to belong to his son after a lifetime of belonging to no one at all. Lauren DeStefano belonging lifetime son
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