Sever
A source page for quotes linked to Lauren DeStefano.
“Silence was not the absence of presence—it was its own presence”
“Felix had left his heart buried in the ground years ago, but he felt it crack apart.”
“The solution is there, Emmaline. It just takes someone brave enough to find it.”
“I run into fires, not from them.”
“It’s a world worth fighting for. Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.”
“She was supposed to build sand castles on the beach and put her toes in the ocean,” Madame says.”
“He rubbed my arm, whispering words that sounded like moth bodies flying into glass windows.”
“Bright spots move around him like someone shook the stars from a blanket and they all went flying.”
“I was taught to speak and write a dozen languages, but there isn't a word for what you mean to me.”
“I hold on because you never know in this place when something good will be taken away.”
“They're dead. We're alive. We have things to do.”
“Just being alive feels so arduous that all I want to do is climb under the covers and sleep.”
“I am intrigued. I am fearless.”
“I am charming. I am fearless.”
“There is no darkness like that of a confined space.”
“But I know all the things you're too sweet to know.”
“A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.”
“Humans are the absolute worst thing to happen to this planet.”