Quote

No part of you is dark or ugly,' I said sharply, squeezing his hand. 'Not to me, not ever. Do you understand?

Alexandra Bracken

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Scottsdale
Arizona
Hand
Dark
Understand
Hands
Part
Ever
Squeezing
Sharply
Ugly

More quotes by Alexandra Bracken

Image
But hey, what's life without a little adversity? That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
It was almost painful, I thought, to have a heart so swollen with gratitude and what must have been pure, untainted happiness. I wanted to live inside the feeling forever.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Real friends are hard to come by, and as annoying as Henry is, he'd throw himself in front of dragon's fire for you. And that's the definition of a real friend? Oh, yes, just ask Owain. He laughed.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Try to imagine where we'd be without you, darlin', and then maybe you'll see just how lucky we got.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Seeing that my words had done absolutely nothing to pull North from whatever depths he was clinging to, Owain did what came naturally. He smacked North upside the head hard enough to send him sprawling into the window. And when it seemed that North would turn around and return the favor, Owain hit him again, harder.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
What good is strength if you have no sense?
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Everyone is just making the choices they think will help them get by.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
We have no idea, but its not like we're going to win any awards for normalcy anytime soon. So you get into people's heads? The two of us can throw people around like toys. Zu once blew up an AC unit, and all she did was walk by it.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
But part of surviving is being able to move on.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
I think maybe the most frustrating feeling in the world is to have something to say buy not know how to put it into words. To have lived through something but not be able to get it out of you before it festers.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Sometimes you're the one speeding along in a panic, doing too much, not paying attention, wrecking things you don't mean to. And sometimes life just happens to you, and you can't dodge it. It crashes into you because it wants to see what you're made of.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.
Alexandra Bracken
Image
Owain crossed his arms over his chest. I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now. So, in other words, North said, you're living in poverty?
Alexandra Bracken
Image
That was the Liam Stewart way of saying, Hi, darlin', missed you something fierce.
Alexandra Bracken