Marie Lu Quotes

When Compasia took pity on me, she reached down into the Underworld, touched the shoulder of Moritas, and asked her forgiveness. Then Compasia took my sister in her arms and placed her in the sky, where she, too, turned to stardust.Magiano looks at me, his eyes wide. It seems as if he already, somehow, understands.“My goddess made me a promise,” I whisper.Only now do I realize that I have never seen him cry before.In the stories, Compasia and her human lover would descend each night from the stars to walk the mortal world, before vanishing with the dawn. So, together, we stare at the sky, waiting.

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Before I can say anything else, he steps forward and takes my face in his hands. Then he's kissing me one last time.

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At this moment, all I'm thinking about is what I'd give up for the chance to kiss her or to run my fingers through her dark hair.

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I ALMOST KISSED THE GIRL LAST NIGHT.

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I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

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Can one mistake really destroy a lifetime together?

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I suppose you come in here often, then,” I say, half teasing. “Bringing your maids and admirers?”Magiano frowns at that. He shakes his head. “You think I’m bedding every maid I speak to?” he says and shrugs. “Flattered, Your Majesty. But you are very wrong.”“So, what you’re telling me is that you come to this secret space alone?”He tilts his head in a flirtatious way. “What’s wrong with a thief wanting a little private time now and then?” He comes closer. His breath warms my skin like the fog that hovers over the water. “Of course, here you are. I suppose I’m not alone, after all.

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I'd gotten someone killed.The price people seem to pay for crossing my path.

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Already, I'm starting to forget the face of the man I killed.

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I am still alone, broken and small, the butterfly fighting for life in the grass.

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The world’s deadliest mercenaries choose to serve you, the whispers say, because they have yet to meet me.

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I have earned my revenge on everyone who hurt me. My father, who tortured me every day - I crushed his chest and his heart. Teren, sick and twisted and mad - I took away his beloved just as he took away mine. Raffaele, who betrayed and manipulated me - I seized control of the prince he loves, and I made sure he watched his prince destroy in my name. And Violetta, darling, dearest sister who turned her back when I needed her the most. I cast her out. I finally said everything to her that I wanted to say. I have hurt back.

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I will hunt you down. I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine.

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Well enough,” I reply. “Remember, you’re drunk. And happy. You’re supposed to be lusting over your escort. Try smiling a little mo

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No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like

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The fire in you burns as fiercely as it did when I first met you.

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How can the boy who stirred an entire nation be dying?

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I don't want--to go--I don't want--to leave you--Eden--

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It means, Day, that you're dying.

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Let go of me,” I choke out, clawing blindly at Teren. The sharp tang of blood suddenly fills my nostrils, and I realize that it is from his wrists, spreading a film of scarlet around us. Somewhere ahead, the silhouette of our ship looms. We are getting closer.“I wish I could,” Teren spits, dripping venom. “There’s nothing I’d like to see more than you in the Underworld, Adelina.”His words spark my fury. He never intended to finish this journey with you. Teren grips my arm again so hard that I scream in pain. He is pulling us both toward the ship, his face set in grim determination.Then I hear him shout, “But I won’t.”But I won’t. My fury wavers, turning into bewilderment.

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I stare at him, trying to comprehend what he’s done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us.“Maybe next time,” he says to me with that smile, “you won’t be so lucky.

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Metias is gone again. He is always gone.

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If Metias joined the Patriots, he'd be a Hacker too. If he were alive.

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But you can’t give them everything they want—they will always want more than they have.

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Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?

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Logic will save you when nothing else will.

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I'm not loyal enough to the Republic to stamp that loyalty right on my face. Leave that to June.

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What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?

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What is the point of searching for love, when love is nothing but an illusion?

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I smile bitterly at him, then weave an illusion of his face across my own. Raffaele’s expression flickers in surprise for a moment before settling back into its pool of calm. “They may have a hard time finding me,” I reply.Raffaele gives me a tight smile in return. “Do not underestimate your enemies, Your Majesty,” he says.

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I lean my head against my knee and close my eyes. Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much.

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I have everything I could ever want here, Adelina,” he finally says. “You’ve handed me what feels like the world’s riches, a palace, a life of luxury.” He draws closer. “I get to be at your side. What more do I need?

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A free state is a corporate state.

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

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Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together.“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.” “Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.

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What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal.

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Sometimes, the sun sets earlier. Days don’t last forever, you know. But I’ll fight as hard as I can. I can promise you that.

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I’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something when I saw you back there.

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I hope,” he replies softly, “to get to know you again. If you are open to it. There is a fog around you that I would like to clear away.

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Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart. He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.

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