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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• 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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  Encouragement, Light, Air

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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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• 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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• You're a wizard," I snapped. "Can't you just use magic to make your own food?" "Ah, yes," he retorted. "Because mud pies are so very delicious and the wind fills empty stomachs quite nicely.

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  Wind, Pie, Magic

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• He doesn't bring many girls round unless they're part of a job - but also 'cause his smell can sometimes kill kittens.

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  Girl, Jobs, Smell

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• It's in our blood to start again.

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  Blood

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• Up! you bag of bones!" "Magister? Gods i was hoping that was a dream....... You're disturbing Ms. Mirabil!!! "She's awake!! North said, kicking off his covers and kneeling beside my bed, a bright smile on his face. "Hullo my beautiful beautiful darling, feeling better today??

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  Beautiful, Dream, Feel Better

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• He held me against him gently, as if I was glass - as if I could shatter and fall away from him at any moment and leave him breathless and alone once more.

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  Love, Fall, Glasses

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• I'm trying to feel sorry for you, really I am,"North said."If you wait just a moment I'm sure the tears will come.

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  Sorry, Waiting, Tears

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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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• Why are you so weird?" "Because my weird has to be able to cancel out your weird, Lady Cross-stitch." "At least what I do is considered an art form." "Yes, in ye olde medieal Europse you would've been quite the catch-

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  Art, Stitches, Able

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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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• Ghosts don't haunt people--their memories do.

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  Memories, People, Ghost

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “Never Fade”, p.117, Hachette UK

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• You are actually the worst person I have ever met.

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  Worst Person, Mets, Worst

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• I was just an okay person.

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  Okay, Persons

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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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• 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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• I can't make it fade.

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  Fades, I Can

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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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  Real, Fire, Dragons

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