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Quote by Alexandra Bracken

“He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.”

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Alexandra Bracken is an American author recognized for her contributions to young adult fiction. Born on February 27, 1987, she has become well-known for her novels that blend fantasy and romance elements, offering captivating stories to young readers. more

“And it’s more. It’s about getting past that question of whats wrong with me, to knowing there’s nothing wrong, that you were born this way. You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are. You deserve to live and live with dignity and show people your pride.”

People Way Should Persons Shows Past Beautiful Born Knowing Pride Proud Normal Deserve Dignity Who You Are Be Proud Beautiful Person Born This Way

Book:Keeping You a Secret

Source: Keeping You a Secret

“There was no helping her tears. For they would leave Po behind… She cried into his shoulder like a child. Ashamed of herself, for it was only a parting, and Bitterblue had not wept like this even over a death. ‘Don’t be ashamed,' Po whispered. ‘Your sadness is dear to me. Don’t be frightened. I won’t die, Katsa. I won’t die, and we’ll meet again.”

Children Helping Dies Behinds Sadness Tears Dear Shoulders Ashamed Frightened Cried Parting Katsa

Book:Graceling

Source: Graceling

“Go safely. Go safely, she thought to him. what a silly, empty thing it was to say to anyone, anywhere.”

Empty Silly

Book:Fire

Source: Fire

“What power has love but forgiveness? In other words by its intervention what has been done can be undone. What good is it otherwise?”

Has Beens Done Forgiveness Intervention Undone

Book:Pictures from Brueghel: Pulitzer Prize, Poetry

Source: Pictures from Brueghel: Pulitzer Prize, Poetry

“Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.”

People Thinking Feels Opinion Swings Approval Arcs Disapproval

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People are what they do, and what they leave behind.”

People Thinking Behinds Rich Fallacy

Book:Dodger

Source: Dodger

“Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting?”

Should Self Presentation

Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar.”

Sound Harder Guitar Keyboards Cheesy

Author:Julian Casablancas

“I like the way men cry. They're efficient.”