“I tried telling myself it wasn’t because of me, but there are some thoughts that live in your mind like a chronic… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“It wasn't a weakness to have those thoughts, to feel that need to help another, to save lives. It made one human.” — Alexandra Bracken 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 spinal cord. Now imagine that they start shaking you so fast, the world starts bulging and buckling under you. Imagine not being able to figure out later if the thought in your head is really yours or an… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share
“Do you think the memory of someone should dictate how we live going forward?' he asks, threading and unthreading his fingers together. 'It depends,'… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“You just had to be willing to let the people around you serve as supports, and take their share of it when it seemed… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
You can destroy a factory, and they'll build another. But once you destroy a life, that's it. You never get that person back. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I’m going to guess you probably don’t want to hear about the time he pushed my head through the neighbor’s fence.…” “Was there a lot of blood?” Vida asked, suddenly interested. “Did you lose an ear?” Liam held his hands up next to his ears, indicating both were still firmly attached to his skull. “Then, no,” she said. “No one… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share
Because she knows what it's like to live in a world of black, and black, and the tiny bit of white, but when she… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you what I think about your fucking rules ," he said, his voice dripping with venom as he pushed past Liam. "You sit up in your room and you pretend like you want what's best for everyone, but you don't do any of the work yourself. I can't tell if you're just a spoiled little shit, or… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share
I had this almost secret life of going to 'Star Wars' conventions because,' when I was younger, Star Wars' had phased into the uncool… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“It was nothing that would hawe seemed odd from the outside, looking in, or drawn attention unless you were really, truly staring at it.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
