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1 " Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you. "
― Alexandra Bracken , The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
2 " —I don't want to lose you—Then why are you the one that keeps letting go? "
3 " Let's carpe the hell out of this diem. "
4 " You wanna go build some shelves with me? "
― Alexandra Bracken , In the Afterlight (The Darkest Minds, #3)
5 " When it came to adults, it was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else. No reason to give them an excuse to hurt you. "
6 " Do I look as pretty as I feel? "
― Alexandra Bracken , Never Fade (The Darkest Minds, #2)
7 " She shows up everywhere, at any time, like she can guesswhat we’re going to do before we do it.”“The lady is good at what she does,” Liam confirmed.“Can you please not compliment the person trying to drag our asses back to camp? "
8 " Oh my God, Green,” I heard Chubs say from somewhere in the room. “Just take the damn socksand put the kid out of his misery. "
9 " My fear for you outweighs my fear of him,” he said simply. “And I told you, didn’t I? If you left, I’d follow you.”But should you try to leave on your own, know that I will go to the ends of the earth to bring you back. "
― Alexandra Bracken , Passenger (Passenger, #1)
10 " Those rabbits stopped fighting the system, because it was easier to take the loss of freedom, to forget what it was like before the fence kept them in, than to be out there in the world struggling to find shelter and food. They had decided that the loss of some was worth the temporary comfort of many. "
11 " Etta saw the way Sophia took a deep breathe, set her shoulders back, and moved with practiced grace on her way out — and she understood something about the other girl, truly understood for the first time. Sophia wanted it, when she was only ever sent out. "
12 " —the longer you silence a violin, the harder it is for it to find its true voice again. "
13 " Free the fire fluttering inside her rib cage. Work her muscles, the bow, the violin, until she played herself to ash and embers and left the rest of the world behind to smolder. "
14 " I was coming to see the heavier your heart got, the strongest you had to be to keep carrying it around. "
15 " You want to know the real reason they never let us touch or talk to each other if they could help it? It made us strong. If you have people who love you, you can fall back on them when you're afraid. "
― Alexandra Bracken , Through the Dark (The Darkest Minds, #1.5, #2.5, #3.5)
16 " You are your abilities and they are you. I can't put it to you more plainly. Do you know why I hate this cure? It's a statement that what we are is inherently wrong. It's a punishment for something that isn't our fault - all because they can't control their fear about what we can do, anymore than they can control their resentment that there are people out there stronger and more powerful than they are. They want to strip you of yourself - your ability to protect and enforce your right to make decisions about your life. Your own body. Mark my words: in the end, it won't be a choice. They'll decide this for you. "
17 " Now isn´t the time to change yourself to fit into the world... you should be changing the world to accept you. To let you exist as you are, without being cut open and damaged. "
18 " I'm not... I'm not without a heart,' he heard Sophia say, her chin raised, eyes straight ahead. 'I'm not. I just don't have the luxury of being soft. I am trying to survive. "
― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)
19 " He could silence me, but Rob had no power over my mind "
20 " She imagined she could taste the storm in him, the battering winds of desperation and frustration that met her own, blow for blow. "
