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81 " It was a good ten minutes before I realized Roman and I had been sitting in silence. I stole a look at him out of the corner of my eye, but he seemed unbothered by quiet as I was. For the first time in a long while, I didn't feel like I had to say anything. There was no one to comfort tor convince. There was no one to charm or encourage. I disappeared into myself as I drove on, trying to find my center. I could breathe. Be still. What I hadn't expected was how much Roman seemed to need it, too. Some people feared silence. They did anything to fill it, talking about things that didn't matter, asking questions just to hear some kind of response. it seemed to me that a lot of people saw it as a kind of failure. Evidence that they weren't interesting enough, or that a bond wasn't strong enough. Or maybe they were just nervous about what it would reveal about themselves. "
― Alexandra Bracken , The Darkest Legacy (The Darkest Minds, #4)
82 " You are actually the worst person I have ever met,” Chubs said. “And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers. "
― Alexandra Bracken , Never Fade (The Darkest Minds, #2)
83 " Ruby used to say that we'd earned our memories, but we didn't owe them anything beyond their keeping. I guess she'd know better than most. We were moving forward, and the past was best left to its darkness. Its ashes. "
84 " Try again, I've gotten much better at detecting your bullshit "
― Alexandra Bracken , In the Afterlight (The Darkest Minds, #3)
85 " 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
86 " If I could pluck this moment out of time and keep us here forever, I would. "
― Alexandra Bracken , Wayfarer (Passenger, #2)
87 " I don't want to just see someone's face; I want to know his shadow, too.—Jude "
88 " He's looking for something, and I don't know if it's you. "
― Alexandra Bracken , Lore
89 " Apodidraskinda.A child's game. Hide-and-seek.A challenge. Come find me. "
90 " In that moment, the past became the present, and the present the past, and it was just the two of them in the shadows of the city, the way it had always been. The way it should have be forever. "
91 " He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand. "
― Alexandra Bracken , The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
92 " This vessel requires sustenance.""You want... breakfast?" Lore guessed. "
93 " Because one moment in life does not define a person," Li Min said. "Without mistakes and misjudgments we would stagnate. It is no shameful thing to be beaten when outnumbered, not when you were brave enough to try. Nor is a scar or injury something to despair over, for it is a mark that you were strong enough to survive. "
94 " 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. "
95 " 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. "
96 " Life isn’t fair." I said. "It’s taken me a while to get that. It’s always going to disappoint you in some way or another. You’ll make plans, and it’ll push you in another direction. You will love people, and they’ll be taken away no matter how hard you fight to keep them. You’ll try for something and won’t get it. You don’t have to find meaning in it; you don’t have to try to change things. You just have to accept the things that are out of your hands and try to take care of yourself. That’s your job. "
97 " 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. "
98 " My, my." A feral grin spread across Cole's face. "Little brother must be a good kisser. "
99 " You mean this research? "
100 " Liam turned his face toward mine. We weren’t even a breath apart. “Never,” he said after awhile. “Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you. "