There is warmth shooting through my broken body where there should be pain, and I put my arms around the back of his neck and I hold on to him. I hold on because you never know in this place when something good will be taken away.
Lauren DeStefanoLife is much different from the days when there were lilies in my motherโs garden, and all my secrets fit into a paper cup.
Lauren DeStefanoThe only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me.
Lauren DeStefanoI always knew I was an excellent liar; I just didn't know that I had it in me to fool myself.
Lauren DeStefanoHe says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift.
Lauren DeStefanoAnd 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.
Lauren DeStefano