“The worth is in the fight, not the conquest. Do not give up.” — Alexandra Bracken Conquest Copy Share Image
“If I wasn't the same person I had been six years ago, how could I expect her to be?” — Alexandra Bracken Expectations Copy Share Image
“Life had the nasty habit of lifting me up just to throw me back down.” — Alexandra Bracken Habits Copy Share Image
“I know I'm going to shred the skin off your face and turn it into hair ribbons.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“He’d come here to close that door, but instead he had left it wide open for me to walt through.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“You are guarded. You don't show your cards to anyone. There are times that you're impossible to read.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“And, in that moment, the person that needed me most was the one walking away.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“All the adults I knew buried the knowledge beneath lying smiles and hugs. I was still stuck in my own world... Looking… — Alexandra Bracken Adults Copy Share Image
“My mom used to say that sometimes just saying something aloud was enought to make it true. I wasn't so sure about… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“And I know I won't get the story out of Zu, not the full one, anyway. That's okay. We're allowed to have… — Alexandra Bracken Leaving the past Copy Share Image
Well, have you ever thought of bathing?' I asked, turning away. 'No one wants to hire a wizard who smells worse than… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Strong feelings, especially terror and desperation, leave an imprint on the air that echo back to whoever's unlucky enough to walk through… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“When it came to adults, it was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it… — Alexandra Bracken Adults Copy Share Image
Fear makes us do things we would otherwise never agree to do, and people can be emotionally manipulated into believing something during… — Alexandra Bracken Fear Copy Share Image
Where did she come from, and where can I find one?" "Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“What?" he whispered. "What are you smiling about?" My fingers brushed against his hair, trying to smooth it down. I realized what… — Alexandra Bracken Chubs Copy Share Image
“Chubs didn’t have to finish. I knew what I’d been when I’d found them: a terrified splinter of a girl who had… — Alexandra Bracken Alexandra-bracken Copy Share Image
One of the things I noticed while I lived in New York City was how different the kids and teens were that… — Alexandra Bracken Age Copy Share Image
“Imagine someone reaching straight into your chest, past the bones and blood and guts, and taking a nice firm hold on your… — Alexandra Bracken Gory Copy Share Image
“The wall I'd built up against the well of pain and fear and anger finally collapsed, and I began to cry. I… — Alexandra Bracken Fear Copy Share Image
But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade… — Alexandra Bracken Adversity Copy Share Image
I think I'm losing it—I don't know what's happening, what happened, but I look at you, I look at you, and I… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“The touch was so hesitant at first, I thought for sure that he was still asleep, shifting in dreams. Liam’s hand came… — Alexandra Bracken Dreams Copy Share Image
“I missed him. I missed him, I missed him -oh my God, I missed him so much.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I guess once you'd had a taste of the worst, pretty bad isn't all that terrible.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby. — Alexandra Bracken Blue Copy Share Image
“Chubs helped me up, giving me a look that clearly asked, what fresh hell is this?” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I realized that the only people that were ever going to help us were ourselves.” — Alexandra Bracken Help Copy Share Image
“Who I was ad who I had beed disconnected, leaving me stranded somewhere in the middle.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“No. Just Listen. I'm going to tell you the amazing story of us.” — Alexandra Bracken Communication Copy Share Image
“There are some people like that, you know? The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.” — Alexandra Bracken Psychology Copy Share Image
I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be. — Alexandra Bracken Dream Copy Share Image
Breathing him in wasn't enough, I wanted to inhale him. The leather, the smoke, the sweetness. — Alexandra Bracken Breathing Copy Share Image
“I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd be up for hearing about the one-eyed chick.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I know you don't want to scare her, but you can't pretend that her life isn't going to be hard. It's not… — Alexandra Bracken Fair Copy Share Image
But inside or out, I was alone, and I was beginning to wonder if I always had been, if I always would… — Alexandra Bracken Beginning Copy Share Image
“Give me one reason why we can't be together, and I'll give you a hundred why we can.” — Alexandra Bracken Reason Copy Share Image
“We could have stayed together in that comfortable silence for hours, and it still wouldn't have been enought for me.” — Alexandra Bracken Silence Copy Share Image
“This vessel requires sustenance." "You want... breakfast?" Lore guessed.” — Alexandra Bracken Athena Copy Share Image
