He could silence me, but Rob had no power over my mind

— Alexandra Bracken

He said he'd never remarry, because he'd never find another lady that fit so neatly at his side. He called her his equal in spirit.

— Alexandra Bracken

Hey Boo, I'm in this now, too, & I got a lot of experience playing assholes like they're fucking harps. You need backup, I got you. Stop trying to convince yourself that you're in this alone.

— Alexandra Bracken

Home isn’t four walls, it’s the people you’re with.

— Alexandra Bracken

Hours of being asked:"Do you understand?" But for all of her answers, she never got around the one question I had wanted to ask." What does it feel like?

— Alexandra Bracken

How do you fight against a mountain? How do you move it when you don't even have a shovel?” “Maybe you don't have to move it,” Etta said, folding the gown over the lid of the trunk. “Maybe you have to climb it.

— Alexandra Bracken

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

— Alexandra Bracken

I can't--I can't think about anything or anyone else," he whispered. A hand drifted up, dragging back through his hair. "I can't think straight when you're around. I can't sleep. It feels like I can't breathe--I just--""Liam, please," I begged. "You're tired. You're barely over being sick. Let's just... Can we just go back to the others?"" I love you." He turned toward me, that agonized expression still on his face. "I love you every second of every day, and I don't understand why, or how to make it stop--" He looked wild with pain; it pinned me in place, even before what he had said registered in my mind." I know it's wrong; I know it down to my damn bones. And I feel like I'm sick. I'm trying to be a good person, but I can't. I can't do this anymore.

— Alexandra Bracken

I didn't have time for tears anymore. I had questions.

— Alexandra Bracken

I do not know what, in the end, makes a person who they are. If we're all born one way, or if we only arrive there after as series of choices. The bible claims that the wicked act on their own desires and impulses, because God is good, only good, and He would never compel a soul to wickedness. That I'm supposed to count on justice in the next life, even if I can't have it in this one.

— Alexandra Bracken