757 Quotes by Alexandra Bracken

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.

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

Black is the color.

It is no shameful thing to be beaten when outnumbered, not when you were brave enough to try.

When you have nothing for so long, you forget the terror of having something to lose.

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?

Better to risk helping someone than regret what you could have done.

Starting now, I’m leaving the past alone in the past.

Their thoughts did head in the same direction often enough, but there were times when Etta remained as mysterious as the stars in the sky.