Quotes by Alexandra Bracken (author)

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Time to carpe the hell out of this diem.
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And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.
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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...
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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.