I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a ribbon of sand.

— Lauren DeStefano

I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality.

— 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

I think he's beginning to understand, and understanding is a horrible thing.

— 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 feel like.

— 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

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

It's best to let her go," he says. No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone.

— Lauren DeStefano

It's quiet for a while, and then Rowan says; "We could talk now. We're alone out here. No walls."" There are always walls." I say.

— Lauren DeStefano

It taught that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.

— Lauren DeStefano