01UndatedSometimes, 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.Marie Lu / quote ↗
02UndatedI’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something when I saw you back there.Marie Lu / quote ↗
03UndatedYou're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me."I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools.Marie Lu / quote ↗
04UndatedYou should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my mind, I make a silent promise to my brother's killer.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.Marie Lu / quote ↗
05UndatedI 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.Marie Lu / quote ↗
06UndatedYou threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."Your entire life-your beliefs...Why would you do that for me?"June has never looked more beautiful than she does now,unadorned and honest,vulnerable yet invincible.When lightning streaks over the sky,her dark eyes shine like gold."Because you were right,"she whispers."About all of it.Marie Lu / quote ↗
07UndatedDay, 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.Marie Lu / quote ↗
08UndatedWe can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent.Marie Lu / quote ↗
11UndatedI turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.Marie Lu / quote ↗
12UndatedThen 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 / quote ↗
13UndatedIt’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 longMarie Lu / quote ↗
14UndatedA crack of lightning, an explosion of thunder, the sound of pounding rain.Marie Lu / quote ↗
15UndatedYou 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 / quote ↗
16UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
17UndatedDay, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart.Marie Lu / quote ↗
18UndatedDay 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 / quote ↗
19UndatedI'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 / quote ↗
20UndatedSomeone'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 / quote ↗
21UndatedJune will break your heart. I can see it already. She'll shatter you into a million pieces.Marie Lu / quote ↗
23UndatedI'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.Marie Lu / quote ↗
