“Is it not the case with these humans that they must be shown they desire something before they know they desire it?” — Alexandra Bracken Desire 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
“What was the point of being holed up with someone who didn't believe in me when I had people out there who… — Alexandra Bracken Belief Copy Share Image
“ Ah, I thought, feeling the first brush of tingling warmth as we fell into the unknown. Magic. ” — alexandra bracken Tingling Copy Share Image
“Jude was down there. He was down there. And the last place I would ever leave Jude was alone in the dark.” — Alexandra Bracken Alexandra-bracken Copy Share Image
“Every time one of us would try to touch you or talk to you, you'd jump like we had shocked you.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Between the ages of 8 and 12, all I wanted to read were 'Star Wars' books. — 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 Chubs Copy Share Image
“And it was like the longer he talked, the more words he used, the less they came to mean anything. It was… — Alexandra Bracken Language Copy Share Image
“The end. But I'm telling you now, if either of you breathe a word -one goddamn word- about Cate, I will come… — Alexandra Bracken Hurricanes Copy Share Image
“See how many doors open, Alastor said, when someone with influence and ideas comes along with a key? Fortune can be hoarded,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Thank you,” he was whispering, “thank you, thank you.…” And then he was kissing my face, every inch of it he could… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“And that song, it wasn’t ending. It kept on playing, that stupid, upbeat swing of voices and plucked strings, the promise of… — Alexandra Bracken Song 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
“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
“Miss Vida" Liam said "has anyone never told you that you are positively the whipped cream on the sundae of life?" She… — Alexandra Bracken Chubs Copy Share Image
“Yep, she called to me from the parking lot of abandoned cars. The sun was shining though her windows like a beacon… — Alexandra Bracken Chubs Copy Share Image
From the time I was in first grade or so, my dad collected 'Star Wars' toy figures from the 1970s and '80s,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Up! you bag of bones!" "Magister? Gods i was hoping that was a dream… You're disturbing Ms. Mirabil!!! "She's awake!! North said,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Vida was back in the tent, humming softly, some old song I half recognized. I watched, disoriented, as she gleefully tore out… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
When I first read 'Outlander' a few years ago, I was shocked to find that Jamie was the complete package: incredibly smart,… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“God." He shook his head, mouth twisting into a shadow of a smile. "Did you know... you make me so happy that… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“All the world shall be your enemy, prince of a thousand enemies. When they catch you they will kill but first they… — Alexandra Bracken Enemies Copy Share Image
“I would have been okay, because you would have been there with me!” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“This is a place where we don't have to lie," he said, motioning between us.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“(...) It's like all the lights are on, but no one's home. No one cares.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins. — Alexandra Bracken Darkness Copy Share Image
“She sounded so incredibly proud if this, and I honestly could not have cared less.” — Alexandra Bracken Proud Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm sorry," Chubs said, 'apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“They call you Medusa. One wrong look and your brain turns to stone.” — Alexandra Bracken Medusa Copy Share Image
“... You have no idea the difference you can make for us." But I did.” — Alexandra Bracken Difference Copy Share Image
“Who do we like, then?" I pressed. "We like us," Liam said after a while. "And that's about it.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
If a heart could break once, it shouldn't have been able to happen again. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
I had to be alone for a little while, but I'm okay now." "All right. But next time, don't go where I… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“Because, my weird has been able to cancel out your weird, Lady Cross-Stitch.” — Alexandra Bracken Awkwardness Copy Share Image
Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now. — Alexandra Bracken Love Copy Share Image
“I hated him- I hated him for everything he had done, but, more than that, I hated him for being right.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Being a very tall person, I have always felt a kinship with giraffes. — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
