Lauren DeStefano Quotes

My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her - with the goal of saving him.

I remember hearing myself start to whimper, a five-year-old, crouched by the side of the road, staring into my father's eyes, whimpering because it was so dark and there was no one coming to help, whimpering because my mother was back in the crushed car, not moving, and my father was lying here in the dirt, not answering me, not holding me, not comforting me, not helping my mother get out of the car, and there was blood, so much blood, and broken glass everywhere, and it was so dark and so cold and no one was coming to help.

If a car came through a window anywhere near me, I'd be freaking out for three days!

My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.

When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them.

As an adult, it's a huge shock to be orphaned; as a child it's just hideous, ghastly.

Even with my father and brother dying, I didn't quite process the grief.

If something was to happen to part of my family, I don't know what I'd do.

There's nobody in the world that knows me better than my sister.

I have a really hard time watching my sister act in anything, but especially anything where it's a strong emotion.

My mother was murdered by my step-father, my brother's father, who was also named Joel, twenty-five years ago. Whatever sadness or burden I've been living with since then, my brother's also been living with, but he's lived with the added burden of having the exact same name as our mother's murderer.

I've always had an affinity with women. It probably started with my mother when I was young, but it was intensified by my sister, Elena, who is one year older than me. I used to hang out with her all the time, and whenever I travelled, I used to buy her clothes and style her.

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up in a house where people were angry and sad.

Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating.

I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.

I'm insanely close to my sister.

My mum is the funniest and sweetest person I know; my sister's like my best friend, so it's great having them around.

My sister and I truly are best friends.

I love having a sister. Its a great relationship that you dont understand unless you have one, I guess.

Tragedy struck the family when I was 10 days old. My eldest brother was killed in a car accident. He was six. My grandmother survived the incident, but the loss devastated my parents. I think they went into shock for a couple of years.

There's something very bizarre about having a father who has disappeared. It's very hard to articulate.

I was definitely quirky. Me and my sister played a lot together. She's my best friend - and we would put on fashion shows.

I was driving in Norway and found myself on pure ice. I lightly pressed the brakes but I still started skidding. The car spun round and round and collided head on with another car coming in the other direction. There was a five or ten-second period where I blacked out.

My sister and I are really close. She's my little sister.

The real love story of 'Fleabag' is the sisters. That's the true heart of the piece.