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The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

Alexandra Bracken

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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
Fade
Fades
Minds
Mind
Never
Darkest

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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.
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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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If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.
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Breathing him in wasn't enough, I wanted to inhale him. The leather, the smoke, the sweetness.
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We'll just have to try to make better mistakes tomorrow.
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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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Dreaming led to disappointment, and disappointment to a kind of depressed funk that wasn’t easy to shake. Better to stay in the gray than get eaten by the dark.
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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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But there was another, secret Ruby. This one was as thin as a wisp of air, and had struggled for so long just to be. This was the one that Liam carried with him, without knowing. The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him he was born to chase the light.
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No part of you is dark or ugly,' I said sharply, squeezing his hand. 'Not to me, not ever. Do you understand?
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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 just see someone's face I want to know his shadow, too. —Jude
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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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Oh, I'm sorry, Chubs said, 'apparently the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours. Do continue.
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We want you. We wanted you yesterday, we want you today and we'll want you tomorrow. There's nothing you could do to change that.
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Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.
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It's in our blood to start again.
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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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