A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby. Alexandra Bracken More Quotes by Alexandra Bracken More Quotes From Alexandra Bracken Sometimes the darkness lives inside you, and sometimes it wins. Alexandra Bracken darkness winning sometimes That was the Liam Stewart way of saying, Hi, darlin', missed you something fierce. Alexandra Bracken missed-you fierce way Let's carpe the hell out of this diem. Alexandra Bracken carpe hell Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now. Alexandra Bracken ruby-daly mines And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers. Alexandra Bracken middle-finger like-you people I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator. Alexandra Bracken predator relax eye I think I'm losing it—I don't know what's happening, what happened, but I look at you, I look at you, and I love you so much. Not because of anything you've said, or done, or anything at all. I look at you, and I just love you, and it terrifies me. It terrifies me what I would do for you. Alexandra Bracken love-you looks thinking Because she knows what it's like to live in a world of black, and black, and the tiny bit of white, but when she escaped it, she didn't find the rainbow of colors, the dresses, the singing, the dancing. She only found ugliness. Alexandra Bracken color dancing white Forgive yourself, but don't forget Alexandra Bracken forgive-yourself forgiving forget If a heart could break once, it shouldn't have been able to happen again. Alexandra Bracken able break heart I pulled myself from his mind, day by day, piece by piece, memory by memory, until there was nothing of Ruby left to weigh him down or keep him bound to my side. Alexandra Bracken rubies mind memories I hugged him without any kind of fear or self-consciousness, fiercely, with a rush of emotion that almost brought tears to my eyes. "I could kiss you!" Chubs cried. "Please don't!" I gasp out, feeling his arms tighten around my ribs to the point of cracking them. Alexandra Bracken kissing eye self It feels like we should do something," he said. "Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory." Chubs raised an eyebrow. "It's a minivan, not a Viking. Alexandra Bracken eyebrows fire sea But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it'd mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us. Alexandra Bracken adversity teacher mean Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you. Alexandra Bracken forget-you forget Did you know...you make me so happy that sometimes I actually forget to breath? I'll be looking at you, and my chest will get so tight...and it's like, the only thought in my head is how much I want to reach over and kiss you. Alexandra Bracken kissing want love I'm a monster, you know. I'm one of the dangerous ones. No you aren't, he promised. Your one of us. Alexandra Bracken dangerous knows monsters The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces. Alexandra Bracken mind faces life 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. Alexandra Bracken space might kids We'll just have to try to make better mistakes tomorrow. Alexandra Bracken tomorrow mistake trying