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There is a silence so great that I can hear the ice crystals cracking and falling from eyelashes of girls who will never blink again.

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Girl, Fall, Eyelashes

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.286, Simon and Schuster

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She would do anything, anything to belong to his son after a lifetime of belonging to no one at all.

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Son, Lifetime, Belonging

FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from May 22, 2012

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I watch the ashes swim around like dandelion puffs, making swirls where bodies and walls once stood.

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Wall, Swim, Watches

FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from May 23, 2012

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There is a dark place calling to me, but I will not go just yet. I know I can't return from it.

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Dark, Return, Calling

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.316, Simon and Schuster

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And if I have to die trying, I will get out of here.

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Trying, Dies, Ifs

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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My worries always lead to dungeons; I can't imagine a worse thing than to be imprisoned for the rest of one's life, especially with so few years to enjoy what little there is.

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Years, Worry, Dungeons

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “The Seeds of Wither: EBook Sampler with Exclusive Short Story”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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Forget who you are and what you think is there, and you'll discover things that don't exist to be known.

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Thinking, Forget, Known

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Perfect Ruin”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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I stare at her collarbone that's framed with lace, the hollow of her throat, her shoulders that rise with each rise with the weight of her next breath. We're fragile things. Our bones show through our skin. What would any god want with us?

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Skins, Weight, Want

FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Apr 15, 2013

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and I've always known it, the way I love a song I hear for the first time, even before I know all the words, the way I love my favorite color, and the way that the train would speed past my bedroom when it was very quiet and I'd feel it in my stomach rushing through me. I love you in a way that I've never felt needed to be said.

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Song, Love You, Past

FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Jun 02, 2013

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I'll tell you something about true love. There's no science to it. It's as natural as the sky.

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Sky, Natural

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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You've been captive for so long that you don't even realize you want freedom anymore.

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Long, Want, Realizing

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.346, Simon and Schuster

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I should not have loved my daughter as I did. Not in this world in which nothing lives for long. You children are flies. You are roses. You multiply and die.

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Daughter, Children, Long

Lauren DeStefano (2012). “Fever”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky.

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Talking, Sky, Voice

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.262, Simon and Schuster

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But instead of tears, when I press my face against the pillow, a horrible, primal scream comes out of me. It's unlike anything I thought myself capable of. Rage, unlike anything I've ever known.

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Tears, Faces, Scream

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “The Seeds of Wither: EBook Sampler with Exclusive Short Story”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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In another time, in another place, I wonder who they might have been.

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Might, Wonder, Another Time

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

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The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed.

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Past, Exit, Illusion

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What have you done? What have you given up?' So many things, Cecily. More than you know.

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Done, Given, Given Up

Lauren DeStefano (2011). “Wither”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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Years, Ideas, Perfection

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.346, Simon and Schuster

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The thing about hope is that it doesn't go away even when it serves no purpose.

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Going Away, Purpose

Lauren DeStefano (2012). “Fever”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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Perhaps... you love too fiercely.

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I don't know if it was love or an illusion. I don't know if there's ever a way to be certain.

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Way, Illusion, Certain

FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from May 23, 2012

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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.

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Soldier, Forgiving, Spite

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere.

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Home, Mean

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.281, Simon and Schuster

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But I know all the things you're too sweet to know.

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Sweet, Knows

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Perfect Ruin”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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Bet you never eat, he says. Bet you drink up the oxygen like it's butter. Bet you can go for days on nothing but thoughts.

Lauren DeStefano

Oxygen, Drink

Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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