4 Quotes by Alexandra Bracken (author)

I don't mean to be such a burden,' I whispered. All I ever wanted to do was protect you. It's not a burden if people are willing to carry it, she pointed out, let herself drift to sleep.

What I'm trying to get at is, as bad as everything seems, I think, at its heart, life is good. It doesn't throw anything at us that it knows we can't handle–and, even if it takes time, it turns everything right side up again...

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

Time to carpe the hell out of this diem.