"They were never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. They were afraid of us-the ones who lived."

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Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.12, Hachette UK

Alexandra Bracken

#Kids Quotes #Space Quotes #Might Quotes

“I took some time out for life.”
“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
“I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage.”
“He did not know how long it took, but later he looked back on this time of crying in the corner of the dark cave and thought of it as when he learned the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work. It wasn't just that it was wrong to do, or that it was considered incorrect. It was more than that--it didn't work.”

Source : Gary Paulsen (2009). “Hatchet”, p.77, Simon and Schuster
“The poor lack much, the greedy everything.”
“I think it's a really good thing to put yourself in a situation where you feel really uncomfortable because I think things can come out of that discomfort.”
“Nonsense is that which does not fit into the prearranged patterns which we have superimposed on reality...Nonsense is nonsense only when we have not yet found that point of view from which it makes sense.”
“My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.”

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