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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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“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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Book:Fever

Source: Fever

“But there’s no such thing as free. There are only different and more horrible ways to be enslaved.”

Way Different Horrible

Book:Fever

Source: Fever

“I liked just being with you. I liked the way you breathed when you were asleep. I liked when you took the champagne glass from my hand. I liked how your fingers were always too long for your gloves.”

Way Long Hands Fingers Glasses Just Being Champagne Gloves

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“I don't know if it was love or an illusion. I don't know if there's ever a way to be certain.”

Ifs Knows Way Certain Illusion

Author:Lauren DeStefano

“Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky.”

Way Voice Talking Break Sky Bird Madness Excited Heat Love Bird

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

“You have a way of looking at things. You make it seem as though everything's going to be okay. I can't imagine a more dangerous thing to have than hope like yours.”

Way I Can Seems Imagine Dangerous Okay Dangerous Things

Book:Sever

Source: Sever

“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

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Born: October 13, 1984
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