“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Fate, I think, is a thief.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“I always knew I was an excellent liar; I just didn't know that I had it in me to fool myself.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Eventually I realize that I am holding on to him just as tightly as he holds on to me. And here we are: two small dying things, as the world ends around us like falling autumn leaves.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“I'll tell you something about true love. There's no science to it. It's as natural as the sky.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Did you tell freedom hello for me?”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“You've been captive for so long that you don't even realize you want freedom anymore.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Love is not enough to keep any of us alive.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who
tries.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“There's nothing here to say good-bye to. There's no dancing girl. No mischievous smile. She's gone, off with her sisters, broken free, escaped. And if she were here now, she would say, "Go.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“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, quote from Wither
“The world seems so clean if you only looked up.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Real’ is a dirty word in this place.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“So how long do you think it’ll be?” he says. “Before the next hurricane comes along to take you home.”
“Can I tell you my biggest fear?” I say.
“Yes. Tell me.”
“That it will be a very windless four years.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Rhine. The river that, somewhere out there, has broken free.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“You’re insane, you know that?” he says.
“It’s the only thing keeping me afloat,” I say.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“I can almost see what Gabriel meant when he asked, 'What has the free world got that you can’t get here?'
Almost.
Freedom, Gabriel. That’s what you can’t get here.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“As I go, I hear her screaming my name, in a brutal, bloody way, like she's being murdered, which maybe she is. But slowly. It will take her six years to die.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“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.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Even the human race can't claim to be natural anymore. We are fake, dying things. How fitting that I would end up in this sham of a marriage.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Tell freedom I said hello.'
'If I happen to see it, I will.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched islands. They have seen how we destroyed the world. If I could see everything, as the clouds do, would I swirl around this remaining continent, still so full of color and life and seasons, wanting to protect it? Or would I just laugh at the futility of it all, and meander onward, down the earth’s sloping atmosphere?”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“It's the silence I imagine in the rest of the world, the silence of an endless ocean and uninhabitable island, a silence that can be seen from space.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“And here we are: two small dying things, as the world ends around us like falling autumn leaves.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“What have you done? What have you given up?'
So many things, Cecily. More than you know.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“I wonder if she has figured out that I'll never love Linden, especially not in the way she does, and that he'll never love anyone the way he loves her. I wonder if she realizes, despite all her efforts to train me, that I can never take her place.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
“Times like this, when she slips her hand into mine and holds on tight, and our husband becomes just a shadow in the doorway.”
― Lauren DeStefano, quote from Wither
Lauren DeStefano
Born place: in New Haven, CT, The United States
Born date October 13, 1984
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“Drunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon.”
― Michael Chabon, quote from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
“Behind every fortune lies a great crime.”
― Kevin Kwan, quote from China Rich Girlfriend
“I’ve heard the name before: Anubis. An Egyptian name. The name of a god.
The god of the dead.”
― Leah Rooper, quote from Jane Unwrapped
“Thai prostitution was a haven for the men and a nuisance for the women. The streets of Phuket were outlined with bars ready to nourish thirsty sailors with euphoric intoxication to smother their pinched nerves from their personal lives deteriorating in their six-month absence.
Thailand truly lived up to its port reputation. Hundreds of bikini-clad prostitutes littered the strip. Slim and petite, their narrow hips and flat chests appeared to be the appropriate age for the pink plaid schoolgirl skirts, dress shirts, ties, and pigtails intended to entice pedophilic eroticism. They wore heavy coats of pastel liquid shadow that clashed against their yellow tinted tans. They awkwardly wiggled to a nauseating blend of techno and Reggaeton as cotton-haired granddaddies lustfully gawked at them. Any Caucasian male cannot trek a block without the treatment of a pop culture heartthrob with a trail of Thai teens at his heels.
“Wan hunnet baaht!” they taunt in a nasal screech. “Wan hunnet baht and I suck yo cock!”
The oriental beauties cup their fists and hold them to their mouths as they wiggle their tongues against their cheeks to provide a clear visual for their performance skills.
It’s easy to dismiss the humanity in Thai prostitutes. Their splotchy, heavily accented English allows the language barrier to muffle signs of intellect. They’re overtly sexual in their crotch bearing ensembles, loud and vulgar invitations, and provocative dancing that makes even corner butcher shops feel like Vegas strip clubs. Swarms of them linger in front of bars holding cardboard signs scribbled with magic marker that offer a blow job with the first beer purchased. Their eyes burn into passing tourists, with acute radar for creamy, sun-flushed complexions and potbellies - signals of the deep pockets of white male privilege.”
― Maggie Georgiana Young, quote from Just Another Number
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