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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Science Fiction Writer
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Diem
Carpe
Hell

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They want you to think that darkness or evil is only something that gets inflicted on you by the outside world, but I know better, and I think the freak does, too. Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins.
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Dear Dad, When you sent me to school that morning, I thought you loved me. But now I see you for what you are. You called me a monster and a freak. But you’re the one that raised me.
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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.
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And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.
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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.
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I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left to weigh him down or keep him bound to my side.
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We'll just have to try to make better mistakes tomorrow.
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I can't do this anymore, I cried, Why won't you just leave me alone? Because you would never leave me.
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—I don't want to lose you —Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?
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So help me God,” I said slowly, clearly, when Cate looked up at me. “If you go back on your word, I will tear you apart. And I won’t stop, not ever, until I’ve destroyed your life and the lives of every single person in this organization. Believe me, you may not always keep your promises, but I do.
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I had to be alone for a little while, but I'm okay now. All right. But next time, don't go where I can't find you.
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The most important thing you ever did was learn how to survive. Do not let anyone make you feel like you shouldn't have.
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Nope, he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. Mine now.
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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.
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If a heart could break once, it shouldn't have been able to happen again.
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They were never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. They were afraid of us-the ones who lived.
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Up! you bag of bones! Magister? Gods i was hoping that was a dream....... You're disturbing Ms. Mirabil!!! She's awake!! North said, kicking off his covers and kneeling beside my bed, a bright smile on his face. Hullo my beautiful beautiful darling, feeling better today??
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Ruby, give me one reason why we can’t be together, and I’ll give you a hundred why we can. We can go anywhere you want. I’m not your parents. I’m not going to abandon you or send you away, not ever.
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What good is strength if you have no sense?
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It feels like we should do something, he said. Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory. Chubs raised an eyebrow. It's a minivan, not a Viking.
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