Marie Lu Quotes

We can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent.

~ Marie Lu

Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.

~ Marie Lu

The boy who walks in the light

~ Marie Lu

I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.

~ Marie Lu

Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it.

~ Marie Lu

It’s you,” he whispers. There is wonder in his voice. “Is it?” I whisper back, my voice trembling with all the emotions I’ve kept hidden for so long

~ Marie Lu

A crack of lightning, an explosion of thunder, the sound of pounding rain.

~ Marie Lu

You still belong on the other side of the looking glass. Someday, when you're ready to take the step over to our side, I'll come see you again. Live well, Daniel. Make that final step count.

~ Marie Lu

I want to fall into the purity that is Day, soaking in his simple honesty, his heart that sits open and beating on his sleeve.

~ Marie Lu

Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart.

~ Marie Lu

Day will move on and live his life. So will I. We will be okay. Someday, perhaps in the far and distant future, we'll find each other again.

~ Marie Lu

I've never thought of describing her beauty as delicate, because delicate just isn't a word that fits June... but here, now that she's sick, I realize just how fragile she can be.

~ Marie Lu

Someone's going to be very pleased to see you.I don't think the Elector will be as excited as you think.I wasn't talking about the Elector.My heart jumps at that.

~ Marie Lu

June will break your heart. I can see it already. She'll shatter you into a million pieces.

~ Marie Lu

Stay safe. I want to see you again when all this is done.

~ Marie Lu

I'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.

~ Marie Lu

I need to let him go.

~ Marie Lu

You led the soldiers right to my family's door. You're the reason they're dead.

~ Marie Lu

I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything.

~ Marie Lu

I certainly don't understand all these strange new feelings inside me--am I here because I love him, or because I owe him?

~ Marie Lu

Goodnight, June.

~ Marie Lu

Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don't care what anyone else thinks.

~ Marie Lu

My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up. Any barrier I might've succeeded in putting up around myself, any resistance I might've built up against my feelings for her, is now completely gone. Shattered.

~ Marie Lu

I find myself pausing to admire her face.For a brief moment, I'm lost to my surroundings.

~ Marie Lu

He returns my smile. His teeth are beautiful, the loveliest I've seen so far on these streets.

~ Marie Lu

The Republic is weak and broken. I narrow my eyes. But it is still your country. Fight for it. This is your home, not theirs.

~ Marie Lu

Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves.

~ Marie Lu

The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.

~ Marie Lu

As you can see, I keep my word,” I call to the rest of the crowd. “Do not take advantage of my generosity, and I will not take advantage of your weakness.

~ Marie Lu

I enlarge the photo again. Nope, too blurry

~ Marie Lu

Watch your back, little wolf, they say. Enemies arise from unexpected places.

~ Marie Lu

It will be impossible to catch all the rats, my love,” he says. His hand brushes against mine. “Sooner or later, one will squeeze through the cracks. You need to be more careful.

~ Marie Lu

I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.

~ Marie Lu

I shake my head. “I know,” I reply. “You are searching for her too.”We stand for a moment, staring out at the stars mirrored in the calm seas. I know why Magiano doesn’t look at me. I remind him too much of her.“I’m sorry,” I whisper, after a long pause.“Don’t be.” A small, sad smile touches his lips. “She chose it.

~ Marie Lu

I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever.

~ Marie Lu

We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glittering gowns.

~ Marie Lu

I've always had this interest in sibling relationships because I don't have any siblings. I'm completely a product of the one-child policy in China, so I always kind of wished that I had an older brother or a younger brother or sister just to have that bond, so I find myself constantly writing about that relationship.

~ Marie Lu