757 Quotes by Alexandra Bracken

Some people came into the world and never once looked up to see the lives around them – they were so focused on what they wanted, what they needed. No one else mattered to them. They disconnected from sympathy and pity and guilt. Some people came into the world as monsters. I understood that now.

Seeing Chewie’s look, Han added, “Hey, you’re the married one. Find.

She would drive a saint to murder. Like, ten-stab-wounds-to-the-torso murder.” “Good thing you’re not a saint.

What is it about horrible, violent things that capture us?

It is acceptable, even preferable, to be alone,” Athena told her, “when those around you would hold you back or deceive you. The exceptional among mortals will always stand alone, for no one in the world was made for their task. Take confidence in that, and let it be a poison to your fear.

Very few things made her happier than getting a rise out of despicable old men who wanted everyone around them to cower in their presence.

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.

It’s not always the truth that survives, but the stories we wish to believe. The legends lie. They smooth over imperfections to tell a good tale, or to instruct us how we should behave, or to assign glory to victors and shame those who falter.

I flick my turn signal on out of dumb habit, and because the end of the world’s no excuse for bad driving manners.