Quotes From "The Darkest Minds" By Alexandra Bracken

–I don't want to lose you– Then why are you the one that keeps letting go? Alexandra Bracken

...crackers..." a voice breathed out nehind us, "yesss..."Both of us turned, watching as Chubs twisted around in his seat and settled back down, still fast asleep. I pressed a hand over my mouth to keep from laughing. Liam rolled his eyes, smiling.. Alexandra Bracken

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. Alexandra Bracken

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? Alexandra Bracken

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. Alexandra Bracken

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- Alexandra Bracken

What was the point of being holed up with someone who didn't believe in me when I had people out there who did? Alexandra Bracken

You'd be surprised how little voice you have when you lose everything. Alexandra Bracken

I had the strangest feeling-like I had lost something without ever really having it in the first place-that i wasn't what I once was, and wasn't at all what I was meant to be. Alexandra Bracken

I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left to weigh him down or keep him bound to my side.. Alexandra Bracken

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

You're missing the point. It's not that I believe in what Lee's saying; it's that I hope he's right. I really, really hope he's right, because what's the alternative? Alexandra Bracken

I had the strangest feeling -- like I had lost something without ever really having it in the first place -- that I wasn't what I once was, and wasn't at all what I was meant to be. The sensation made me feel hollow down to my bones. Alexandra Bracken

I knew I wasn't making sence, but I couldn't seem to connect my thoughts to my tongue. That feeling... How did you tell someone that? Alexandra Bracken

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. Alexandra Bracken

But part of surviving is being able to move on. Alexandra Bracken

My mom used to say that sometimes just saying something aloud was enought to make it true. I wasn't so sure about that. 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

If I wasn't the same person I had been six years ago, how could I expect her to be? Alexandra Bracken

Nope, " he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now. Alexandra Bracken

When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy. Alexandra Bracken

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

This time should have been no different. But it was. Alexandra Bracken

But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh. Alexandra Bracken

My mom said once that education was a privilege not afforded to everyone, but she was wrong--it wasn't a privilege. It was our right. We had the right to a future. Alexandra Bracken