It's hard to be the person who gets left behind, and never the person who gets to do the leaving.

If there was one good thing that came out of all this, it was that I got to meet you. I would go through it all again—I would, as long as it meant I'd met you.

—Alexandra Bracken in The Darkest Minds

When you have nothing for so long, you forget the terror of having something to lose.

—Alexandra Bracken in Sparks Rise

Thing is, though, fear is worthless. It stops you when you need to keep moving most. And it only exists inside of your head.

—Alexandra Bracken in In the Afterlight

It doesn't make you a bad person to want to live your own life.

—Alexandra Bracken in The Darkest Minds

How can you miss something, feel so awful about it, when you're not sure you had it in the first place?

—Alexandra Bracken in Sparks Rise

You can't fix people or make them change; the only thing you can do is pack your things and leave if it isn't working for you.

—Greg Behrendt in It's Just a Date

It would hurt to leave, but it's what I had to do.

—S.C. Stephens in Reckless

I won't ever leave you, even though you're always leaving me.

—Audrey Niffenegger in The Time Traveler’s Wife

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

—Twyla Tharp

Some days I imagined getting on a bus and leaving this town behind. The memories weren't good. At least most of them weren't.

—Abbi Glines in Because of Low