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title: "1 Simple Story Quotes By Alexandra Bracken"
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> [“I left him with only that--the simple story that he had been with his mother this entire time, that he had helped her all of these years, that the love he still felt for her was a good, pure thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-story-that-he-had-been-with-his/)

[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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