“Who says I would have?" I knew he meant it cruelly, that it was a weak moment and all he wanted was… — Alexandra Bracken Time Copy Share Image
“The only thing worse than being without you would have been watching them break you day after day, until you weren’t yourself… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Hadn't he shown me, time and time again, that he was willing to be my friend if I was willing to let… — Alexandra Bracken Friendship Copy Share Image
“I didn’t need to be liked. I didn’t need friends, and I centrainly didn’t need the kid trying to guild me into… — Alexandra Bracken Cold 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 Change 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 Control Copy Share Image
We have no idea, but its not like we're going to win any awards for normalcy anytime soon. So you get into… — Alexandra Bracken Awards Copy Share Image
“It wasn't so much that I couldn't talk about it; it was that I didn't want to. Not right then. I knew… — Alexandra Bracken Couldn Talk Copy Share Image
“We'll be living with a set of rules we haven't had in years, and while there's something a little wonderful in that,… — Alexandra Bracken Last time Copy Share Image
“At one point, his eyes flashed toward mine in the rearview mirror. It was just for an instant, but I felt the… — Alexandra Bracken Black-betty Copy Share Image
“I'm thinking that it's frustrating to feel like I know certain parts of you so well, but others parts of you..." What… — Alexandra Bracken Feel Copy Share Image
“There was something else that Hall used to say–that life itself was uncertainty, and the only remedy to its madness was to… — Alexandra Bracken Doubt Copy Share Image
“Come on, you’ll feel better after you get food and some sleep." "That won’t solve anything, either." "I know," he said, "but… — Alexandra Bracken Feel Copy Share Image
Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind - because if you can't trust your family to love you and protect… — Alexandra Bracken Betrayal Copy Share Image
What I’m trying to get at is, as bad as everything seems, I think, at its heart, life is good. It doesn’t… — Alexandra Bracken Handle Copy Share Image
“You need to be able to control it, otherwise it'll always control you," he said. "It'll scare you and manipulate you until… — Alexandra Bracken Control Copy Share Image
“I thought I had escaped the monsters, that I'd left them locked up behind an electric fence. But the shadows were alive,… — Alexandra Bracken Alexandra-bracken Copy Share Image
“Chubs jumped out of the driver's seat, leaving the engine running. "oh, thank God. I saw you both on the ground and… — Alexandra Bracken Chubs Copy Share Image
“That was the dangerous thing about dreams-how quicly you became tangled in it all. People naturally let their guard down when they… — Alexandra Bracken Dream Copy Share Image
“Once you know the special brand of pain that comes with being separated from someone you know down to the marrow of… — Alexandra Bracken Pain Copy Share Image
Dreaming led to disappointment, and disappointment to a kind of depressed funk that wasn’t easy to shake. Better to stay in the… — Alexandra Bracken Dark Copy Share Image
Owain told me about the beautiful, fair-haired Vesta. It took me several minutes to work out that Vesta was a horse, and… — Alexandra Bracken Beautiful Copy Share Image
“A soft heart only makes it easier for a knife to slip in.” — Alexandra Bracken Soft heart Copy Share Image
And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers. — Alexandra Bracken Fingers Copy Share Image
“My, my." A feral grin spread across Cole's face. "Little brother must be a good kisser.” — Alexandra Bracken Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“We have to keep moving. If I stopped now, I knew I would never be able to start again.” — Alexandra Bracken Moving Copy Share Image
“It is no shameful thing to be beaten when outnumbered, not when you were brave enough to try.” — Alexandra Bracken Brave Copy Share Image
I would be honored if someone reads my books and it inspires them to write their own work. — Alexandra Bracken Books Copy Share Image
He doesn't bring many girls round unless they're part of a job - but also 'cause his smell can sometimes kill kittens. — Alexandra Bracken Cats Copy Share Image
I'm a monster, you know. I'm one of the dangerous ones. No you aren't, he promised. Your one of us. — Alexandra Bracken Dangerous Copy Share Image
“Being different – being simply you instead of what other people wanted you to be – was its own kind of bravery” — Alexandra Bracken Bravery 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 Aloud 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. But… — Alexandra Bracken Dreams Copy Share Image
It was almost painful, I thought, to have a heart so swollen with gratitude and what must have been pure, untainted happiness.… — Alexandra Bracken Feelings Copy Share Image
