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> [“I can't pretend like it never happened" I told her. "You shouldn't - you should never forget. But part of surviving is being able to move on. There's is this word: "nothing like it exists in the English language. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-can-t-pretend-like-it-never-happened-i-told-her-you-shouldn-t-you/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

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## More by Alexandra Bracken

> [“Me and nice things didn't go well together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/me-and-nice-things-didn-t-go-well-together/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“Do you think the memory of someone should dictate how we live going forward?' he asks, threading and unthreading his fingers together. 'It depends,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/do-you-think-the-memory-of-someone-should-dictate-how-we-live-going/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“You just had to be willing to let the people around you serve as supports, and take their share of it when it seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/you-just-had-to-be-willing-to-let-the-people-around-you-serve-as/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/you-can-destroy-a-factory-and-they-ll-build-another-but-once-you/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-m-going-to-guess-you-probably-don-t-want-to-hear-about-the-time-he/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“I didn't have time for tears anymore. I had questions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-didn-t-have-time-for-tears-anymore-i-had-questions/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/because-she-knows-what-it-s-like-to-live-in-a-world-of-black-and/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“What is it about horrible, violent things that capture us?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/what-is-it-about-horrible-violent-things-that-capture-us/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/better-to-risk-helping-someone-than-regret-what-you-could-have-done/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“Let me tell you what I think about your fucking rules ," he said, his voice dripping with venom as he pushed past Liam.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/let-me-tell-you-what-i-think-about-your-fucking-rules-he-said-his/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [I had this almost secret life of going to 'Star Wars' conventions because,' when I was younger, Star Wars' had phased into the uncool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-had-this-almost-secret-life-of-going-to-star-wars-conventions/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“It was nothing that would hawe seemed odd from the outside, looking in, or drawn attention unless you were really, truly staring at it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/it-was-nothing-that-would-hawe-seemed-odd-from-the-outside-looking-in/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“The only thing Liam ever said about him was that he used to set his toys on fire when he didn't get his way”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/the-only-thing-liam-ever-said-about-him-was-that-he-used-to-set-his/)

[alexandra bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“Liam is safe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/liam-is-safe/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

> [“I'm thinking that it's frustrating to feel like I know certain parts of you so well, but others parts of you..." What coud I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-m-thinking-that-it-s-frustrating-to-feel-like-i-know-certain-parts/)

[Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/)

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