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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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“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.”

Ifs Girl Gone Broken Dancing Bye Good Bye Saying Good Bye Mischievous

Book:Wither

Source: Wither

“On tiptoes the redhead wouldn't even reach my shoulders; she is clearly too young to be a bride. And the willowy girl is too forlorn. And I am too unwilling. Yet here we are.”

Young Girl Shoulders Brides Unwilling Forlorn Tiptoes

Book:The Seeds of Wither: EBook Sampler with Exclusive Short Story

Source: The Seeds of Wither: EBook Sampler with Exclusive Short Story

“And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open.”

Earth Girl Tree Cracks Hitting Orange Tumbling

Book:Wither

Source: Wither

“The sullen boy sitting before me is not my husband, and the girl he is fretting over isn't me, will never be me.”

Girl Boys Husband Sitting My Husband Sullen Fretting

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“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.”

I Can Fall Girl Silence Ice Crystals Blink Eyelashes

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“She’s a commodity in a sea of broken girls.”

Girl Sea Broken Commodity

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“I nod like I'm not at all unnerved by this new cold side to him. Not cruel like his father. Not warm like the husband who sought me out on quiet nights. Something in between. This Linden has never woven his fingers through mine, never chosen me from a line of weary Gathered girls, never said he loved me in a myriad of coloured lights. We are nothing to each other.”

Said Light Night Girl Father Sides Lines Mines Cold Quiet Husband Fingers Warm Chosen Weary Woven

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“It is the face of a girl who has seen the world, who realizes that it hates her, and who hates it in return.”

World Faces Hate Girl Realizing Return Hate Her

Book:Fever

Source: Fever

“There are so many of us, so many girls. The world wants us for our wombs or our bodies, or it doesn't want us at all.”

World Want Body Girl Womb

Book:Fever

Source: Fever

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

Author:Lauren DeStefano

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Born: October 13, 1984
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Quotes: 218

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