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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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“Felix had left his heart buried in the ground years ago, but he felt it crack apart.”

Children Friendship Sad Poetic Poetic Prose

Book:A Curious Tale of the In-Between

Source: A Curious Tale of the In-Between

“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.”

World Should Children Long Dies This World Daughter Rose My Daughter

Book:Fever

Source: Fever

“And then I wonder, does my brother think of me this way? We entered this world together, one after the other, beats in a pulse. But I will be first to leave it. That's what I've been promised. When we were children, did he dare to imagine an empty space beside him where I then stood giggling, blowing soap bubbles through my fingers? When I die, will he be sorry that he loved me? Sorry that we were twins? Maybe he already is.”

Thinking World Way Firsts Children Doe Together Dies Space Wonder Imagine This World Brother Beats Empty Fingers Sorry Dare My Brother Bubbles Twins Soap Pulse Think Of Me Empty Space Soap Bubbles

Book:Fever

Source: Fever

“Once upon a time there were two parents, two children, and a brick house with lilies in the yard. The parents died, the lilies wilted. One child disappeared. Then the other." Pg 225”

Children Two House Parent Died Yards Bricks Lilies Once Upon A Time

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“It isn’t a perfect place. There are no perfect places. But nobody cares about perfection when there are sand castles to build and kites to chase, children that are being born, old hearts that are giving in.”

Giving Heart Children Care Born Perfect Perfection Sand Castles Giving In Kites Nobody Cares Sand Castle

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“We were his disposable things. Brought to him like cattle. Stripped of what made us sisters or daughters or children. There was nothing that he could take from us—our genes, our bones, our wombs—that would ever satisfy him. There was no other way that we would be free.”

Way Children Made Would Be Daughter Bones Genes Womb Cattle Disposable

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“Cure" is one of the most precious words in the English language. It's a short word. A clean and simple word. But it isn't so easy a thing as it sounds. There are questions like: How will this affect us in ten years? In twenty? What will it do to our children? Our children's children?”

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Book:Sever

Source: Sever

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Born: October 13, 1984
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Quotes: 218

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