“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
When I was trying to figure out how the government might go about creating the camps in 'The Darkest Minds,' I researched… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
The powers of the teenagers in 'The Darkest Minds' were always meant to represent that inherent drive that young people have to… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“There are some people like that, you know? The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“So thought crossed my mind," Liam said suddenly. "That must've been a lonely journey," Chubs said flipping the pages of his book.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I feel like I'm losing my damn mind, like your face has been carved into my heart, and I don't remember when,… — 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… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I feel like I'm losing my damn mind, like your face has been carved into my heart, and I don't remember when,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
'The Darkest Minds' came from a period in my life where I felt my most powerless, when I was a teenager. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I left him with only that--the simple story that he had been with his mother this entire time, that he had helped… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
After I finished 'The Darkest Minds' series, I knew I wanted to take a risk and work on something completely different -… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
In 'The Darkest Minds,' Zu's trauma manifests in her choosing to remain silent. It's her one small way she can feel in… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“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… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
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.… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
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
