A feeling can't kill you.

— Lauren DeStefano

Ah, love. That’s what the world has lost. There’s no more love, only the illusion of it.

— Lauren DeStefano

And so ends his rush from his greatest act of rebellion. He understands that no matter where he runs or how high he flies, he will always have to come home.

— Lauren DeStefano

A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.

— Lauren DeStefano

Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.

— Lauren DeStefano

But there’s no such thing as free. There are only different and more horrible ways to be enslaved.

— Lauren DeStefano

Don't you miss it?" I say. "Being free." He laughs.

— Lauren DeStefano

Even things that aren't broken can be fixed.

— Lauren DeStefano

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

Felix had left his heart buried in the ground years ago, but he felt it crack apart.

— Lauren DeStefano