Rachel B

“There is no darkness like that of a confined space. It's darker than the inside of eyelids, and darker than the night.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever

“The thing about hope is that it doesn't go away even when it serves no purpose.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever

“It's very early, still dark, but outside there's the warm smell of springtime, like things rotting and blooming in one stagnant mist. I realize now that I've always craved the brutality of it. Shoots forcing their way up from the earth, petals popping open.

The start of life is always brutal, isn't it? We're born fighting.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever

“I stare at my reflection in the glass, and I see two versions of myself: the twin sister, and the bride.

"It was supposed to be better than this," I whisper.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever