Lauren DeStefano Quotes - Page 2

Felix wasn't sure of his limits, if he had limits. After he'd been dead a while, he began to suspect he could swim to the bottom of the oceans. Beyond that. He suspected that he could swim so far down that he'd eventually go through the center of the earth and come out the other side. He could swim into the clouds, into the stars. Maybe there were ghosts on the other planets. Maybe there were ghosts laughing and splashing each other with the heat of the sun. He wasn't brave enough to find out.

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

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It taught that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries onto the paper, and then what it ultimately becomes.

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The clouds took on the shape of dancers; from somewhere far off, Pram heard music before the clouds became normal again.

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I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying.

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Don't you miss it?" I say. "Being free."He laughs.

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A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.

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Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.

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