Darkest Minds Alexandra Bracken Quotes

#1. We used our minds like weapons clenched tightly in our fists, struggling to return them back to their holsters without injuring ourselves in the process.

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#2. It's been so long since anything really went my way that I can't really remember what "easy" feels like anymore - maybe like breathing without inhaling the ash of the world burning around you

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#3. - I don't want to lose you
- Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

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#4. I flew in on a cloud and came blitzing down from the heavens like a bolt of lightning on this kid

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#5. I did more than just toy with her feelings, didn't I, Stewart?

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#6. Can't seem to stop looking for their reflections behind mine in each window or glossy surface I pass.

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#7. So thought crossed my mind," Liam said suddenly.
"That must've been a lonely journey," Chubs said flipping the pages of his book.

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#8. Maybe we had just gotten too used to being alone
and maybe that needed to change.

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

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#10. The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

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#11. I thought I had escaped the monsters, that I'd left them locked up behind an electric fence. But the shadows were alive, and they had chased me here.

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#12. Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.

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#13. Er, um, well. Most of the things coming out of my mouth are sounds, not words. Seems you spend enough time by yourself dumpster diving, you forget basic
human social skills

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#14. Then he was stepping back, away, letting distance flood between us again. His voice was low, rough. "Give 'em hell, darlin'."
"And for the love of God, bitch, don't get stabbed this time!" Vida added.

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#15. Jude was down there. He was down there. And the last place I would ever leave Jude was alone in the darl.

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#16. There's something I forgot to do. I know I left something I didn't mean to.But when I look back in the rear-view mirror, no one's there. There's nothing at all. Nothing.

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#17. Fire is calling my name. It is whispering words of encouragement, sweet things. It wants out, for me to fan the heat until it's a vortex that can't and won't be stopped.

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#18. The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn't we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

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#19. Breathing him in wasn't enough, I wanted to inhale him. The leather, the smoke, the sweetness.

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#20. Hey Boo, I'm in this now, too, & I got a lot of experience playing assholes like they're fucking harps. You need backup, I got you. Stop trying to convince yourself that you're in this alone.

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#21. Oh my God, Green," I heard Chubs say from somewhere in the room. "Just take the damn socks
and put the kid out of his misery.

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#22. The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.

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#23. Are you driving this slow because you have no idea where we're going, or because you're hoping we jump out of the car & put ourselves out of our misery?

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#24. Ruby, give me one reason why we can't be together, and I'll give you a hundred why we can. We can go anywhere you want. I'm not your parents. I'm not going to abandon you or send you away, not ever.

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#25. She shows up everywhere, at any time, like she can guess
what 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?

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#26. Jude: But I thought Fancy was the Slip Kid?
Olivia: Fancy?
Ruby: He nicknamed Clancy.
Olivia: Fancy sort of suits him.

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#27. That's right, you get him, Mary. Don't let him change the subject!

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#28. He was more p***ed off by us playing a game of who could think up the worst nickname for him."
"Let me guess, you won?"
"It was Boy Scout, actually. I mean, come on. Even I couldn't top Chubby Chubby Choo Choo.

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#29. People don't live like islands.

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#30. Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now.

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#31. You really didn't have White Noise? Calm Control?" I demanded, surprised by the anger licking
at my heart. What camp had these kids been in? Candy Land?

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