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Lauren DeStefano is an American author known for her science fiction novels. Born on October 13, 1984, she graduated from Yale University with a Master of Fine Arts in Literature. Before becoming an author, she worked as an editor and teacher. DeStefano's debut novel, 'Waking God,' was published in 2011 and received widespread acclaim. Her works are celebrated for their unique perspective on the relationship between technology and human ethics.

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“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.”

Mind Three Taught Paper Versions Carrie

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“Even things that aren't broken can be fixed.”

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“There is no choice for him but to believe. He has nothing left to give in offering.”

Giving Believe Choices Left Offering

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“They never exhale, the trees; on a very windy day, they rustle and inhale, and then the leaves and the branches all tremble as though something means to strangle the life from them. The sky watches on. The world is filled with anticipation, as if to wonder if this day will be a great day, or a horrible day, or the last day.”

Ifs World Mean Lasts Wonder Watches Tree Sky Filled Horrible Branches This Day Anticipation Last Day Great Day Inhale Windy Windy Day

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling back, out of the reach of daylight. I'm not afraid of falling. I don't fear the sky beyond the train tracks like I did before. I can go anywhere just so long as it's with him.”

Long I Can Fall Sky Train Track Not Afraid Daylight Train Tracks

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“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.”

Knows Way Feels Firsts Said Past Song Felt Known Love You Color Needed Quiet First Time Train My Favorite Speed Stomach Bedroom Rushing Favorite Color

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“So many of the things I've wanted are the things I've been taught to fear.”

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“Maybe what frightens us about the edge isn't our fear of morality, but the thoughts it leads us to have.”

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“Every star has been set in the sky. We mistakenly think they were put there for us.”

Thinking Has Beens Stars Sky

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are a grid of seconds; even our pulses oblige. No succeeding king can hope to hold this kind of power.”

Firsts Kind Our Lives Kings Succeed Clock Seconds Aggressive Pulse Grids

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“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?”

Want Shows Next Skins Weight Breaths Bones Shoulders Staring Throat Fragile Hollow Framed Lace Fragile Things

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“I had this feeling like the solution to everything would be down there if only I could dig through all those clouds.”

Ifs Feelings Would Be Solutions Clouds

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“The madness of youth made me unafraid.”

Made Youth Madness Unafraid

Book:Perfect Ruin

Source: Perfect Ruin

“We accept gods that don't speak to us. We accept gods that would place us in a world filled with injustices and do nothing as we struggle. It's easier than accepting that there's nothing out there at all, and that, in our darkest moments, we are truly alone.”

World Moments Speak Accepting Struggle Easier Filled Injustice

Book:Perfect Ruin

Source: Perfect Ruin

“I wonder what it’s like for her, looking so much like a dead girl.”

Author:Lauren DeStefano

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

Thinking Forget Known Who You Are

Book:Perfect Ruin

Source: Perfect Ruin

“Words like 'unputdownable' and 'irresistible' are simply not enough for Cat Winters's In the Shadow of Blackbirds. Days after finishing this story, it remains the first thought I have in the morning, and the thing that haunts me until I sleep.”

Firsts Enough Stories Sleep Morning Shadow Cat Remains Winter Irresistible Finishing Blackbirds

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“I don’t have too many books, I have too little shelving.”

Author:Lauren DeStefano

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Born: October 13, 1984
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