Perfect Ruin
Lauren DeStefano
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Every star has been set in the sky. We mistakenly think they were put there for us.”
“So many of the things I've wanted are the things I've been taught to fear.”
“Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are a grid of seconds; even our pulses oblige. No succeeding king can hope to hold this kind of power.”
“The madness of youth made me unafraid.”
“We accept gods that don't speak to us. We accept gods that would place us in a world filled with injustices and do nothing as we struggle. It's easier than accepting that there's nothing out there at all, and that, in our darkest moments, we are truly alone.”
“A strange thing, words. Once they're said, it's hard to imagine they're untrue.”
“Forget who you are and what you think is there, and you'll discover things that don't exist to be known.”
“They never exhale, the trees; on a very windy day, they rustle and inhale, and then the leaves and the branches all tremble as though something means to strangle the life from them. The sky watches on. The world is filled with anticipation, as if to wonder if this day will be a great day, or a horrible day, or the last day.”
“You can’t be afraid. You can be sad if you like. You can be angry. But it’s the fear that’ll freeze you in place.”
“He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling back, out of the reach of daylight. I'm not afraid of falling. I don't fear the sky beyond the train tracks like I did before. I can go anywhere just so long as it's with him.”
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Book Keywords:
truths, youth, afraid, fear, spiritual, truth, madness, language, dreams, imagination
