Marie Lu Quotes

He was the last thread suspending me in the light. Without him, I can feel myself spiraling downward, falling to a place where I can no longer pull myself back up.

~ Marie Lu

One heroic act doesn’t make a man trustworthy. What if he decides to turn his blade on you?

~ Marie Lu

Trusting me,” Teren murmurs, “is a dangerous game, mi Adelinetta.”“I’m doing more than that,” I reply. “For the rest of this journey, you will be my personal guard.”At that, Teren’s eyes flare with surprise and anger. “I’m not your lackey, Your Majesty.”“And I’m not Giulietta,” I fire back.

~ Marie Lu

Make no mistake—we don’t trust each other, not by any stretch of the imagination.

~ Marie Lu

It's strange being here with you. I hardly know you. But...sometimes it feels like we're the same person born into two different worlds.

~ Marie Lu

After she was gone, I sheathed her sword at my belt, draped her cloak over my shoulders, carried her heart in my arms, and, somehow, went on.

~ Marie Lu

He's right. I can't deny it. I am the reason Day lost everything that matters to him.

~ Marie Lu

Maybe his nightmare had been about me.

~ Marie Lu

He doesn't know who I am.

~ Marie Lu

All they're going to see is a wealthy man who has no idea how to heal their suffering.

~ Marie Lu

I can taste the good-bye on his lips.

~ Marie Lu

There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.

~ Marie Lu

I never saw her again. But even now, as an old man, I remember her as clearly as if she were standing before me. She was ice personified. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a que

~ Marie Lu

I never saw her again. But even now, as an old man, I remember her as clearly as if she were standing before me. She was ice personified. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.

~ Marie Lu

They were the flash of light in a stormy sky, the fleeting darkness before dawn. Never have they existed before, nor shall they ever exist again.

~ Marie Lu

I looked into those eyes and I saw nothing. It was like staring straight into the Underworld. Like he aches to return to where he came from.

~ Marie Lu

The darkness seeps in a little more every day. What have I done? How can I be like this?

~ Marie Lu

Everything's science fiction until someone makes it science fact

~ Marie Lu

He loved you.

~ Marie Lu

The phony surrender's over, the ceasefire has ended. The final fight for the Republic has begun.

~ Marie Lu

Hi, I'm Day. Hi, I'm June.

~ Marie Lu

My wandering has led me to the beginning of our journey together. I suppose it's only fitting for me to be here at that journey's end.

~ Marie Lu

But every now and then, when I steal a glance at the Girl, or feel her eyes on me, I helplessly drift back to thinking about her.

~ Marie Lu

I'm supposed to hate you for what you did, I think. But her eyes linger on me in a way that refuses to let me.

~ Marie Lu

I see pieces of memories in his eyes. Pieces of us. They are broken, and scattered, but they are there, gradually coming together again at the sight of me.

~ Marie Lu

Without emotion, what's the point of being human?

~ Marie Lu

She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, easily the most breathtaking girl in the room.

~ Marie Lu

Without his father's shadow in a way, he's beautiful.

~ Marie Lu

Her sadness makes her impossibly beautiful, like snow blanketing a barren landscape.

~ Marie Lu

She's pretty in a way that distracts me just like she did in the Skiz ring. No, pretty's not the right word. Beautiful.

~ Marie Lu

What's the point of keeping in touch with the girl you're crazy about, when you're dying?

~ Marie Lu

My heart is ripped open, shredded, leaking blood. I can't let him leave like this. We've been through to much to turn into strangers.

~ Marie Lu

And the book (#7) is for whenever the hunt involves a lot of waiting around. Entertainment that won't eat up my batteries is always worth bringing.

~ Marie Lu

How many times have you been called an abomination?” he whispers. “A monster? Worthle

~ Marie Lu

So long as I remain in Day's life, I will hurt him. Any other alternative is impossible.Now, he is free.

~ Marie Lu

No. I will never let you hurt Day like that. Not the way I've already hurt him.

~ Marie Lu

I'm prouder of him than I've ever been of myself - I'm proud of him for standing up to me

~ Marie Lu

Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, so she destroyed them all.

~ Marie Lu

You risked an awful lot for someone you hardly know.' I narrow my eyes. 'THAT doesn't say much about your character. Perhaps you should wait until someone's about to be executed for a mistake YOU made.

~ Marie Lu

Dust everywhere... and out of that emerged this beautiful boy with the bluest eyes I'd ever seen, holding his hand out to help me to my feet.

~ Marie Lu