Alexandra Bracken Quotes - Page 3

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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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  Depth, Done, Favors

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• Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life. Genet froze and whimpered, but didn't back away. "Oh, ho," said a familiar voice. "That was close !" I opened my eyes as North's free hand - the one that hadn't caught Genet's wrist - gently pulled my arm free. I pushed myself away from both of them. "You interrupt my business ?" Genet sputtered. "Do you know what this wench just accused me of being ?" "A filthy pig," North said good-naturedly. "But there's only one filthy pig allowed in her life, and the position's been filled.

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  Eye, Pigs, Hands

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• The thing is...what they don't tell you about forgiveness is this-you don't give it for the other person's sake, but your own.

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  Giving, Sake, Persons

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “In the Afterlight”, p.196, Hachette UK

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• A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

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  Eye, Blue, Rubies

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.516, Hachette UK

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• Clancy had taught me well.

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  Taught, Wells

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• Forgive yourself, but don't forget

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  Forgiving, Forget, Forgive Yourself

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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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  Letting Go, Want, Loses

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• I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.

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  Eye, Relax, Predator

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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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  Breathing, Enough, Leather

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• Well, have you ever thought of bathing?' I asked, turning away. 'No one wants to hire a wizard who smells worse than their outhouse. And who knows what creatures are living in that hair?

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  Hair, Smell, Wizards

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• No spinning," I said. I wasn't sure my head or heart could take it. Up close, he was so warm, and so beautiful. I was already dizzy enough.

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  Beautiful, Heart, Spinning

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.368, Hachette UK

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• Maybe nothing will ever change for us,” he said. “But don’t you want to be around just in case it does?

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  Doe, Want, Said

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• I hugged him without any kind of fear or self-consciousness, fiercely, with a rush of emotion that almost brought tears to my eyes. "I could kiss you!" Chubs cried. "Please don't!" I gasp out, feeling his arms tighten around my ribs to the point of cracking them.

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  Eye, Kissing, Self

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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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  Sea, Eyebrows, Fire

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Mean, Adversity

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• Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.

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  Forget You, Forget

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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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  Dark, Hands, Ugly

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• Owain told me about the beautiful, fair-haired Vesta. It took me several minutes to work out that Vesta was a horse, and that Owain was possibly in love with her.

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  Beautiful, Horse, Work Out

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• Where in the world did you get that dress?" "Present from Zu." "You look like you want to throw it in a fire." "I can't promise there won't be an unfortunate accident later on.

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  Fire, Promise, Dresses

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.221, Hachette UK

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• If there was one good thing that came out of all this, it was that I got to meet you. I would go through it all again - I would, as long as it meant I'd met you.

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  Long, Good Things, Mets

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• He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

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  Girl, Heart, Waiting

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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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  Sorry, Middle, Said

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “Never Fade”, p.399, Hachette UK

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• Everyone is just making the choices they think will help them get by.

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  Thinking, Choices, Helping

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• I can't make it fade.

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  Fades, I Can

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• 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.

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  Mean, Attention, Want

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