01UndatedYou led the soldiers right to my family's door. You're the reason they're dead.Marie Lu / quote ↗
03UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
05UndatedMoney 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 / quote ↗
06UndatedMy 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 / quote ↗
07UndatedJune," Day murmurs. I feel a strange warmth at the sound of my name on his lips.Marie Lu / quote ↗
08UndatedI find myself pausing to admire her face.For a brief moment, I'm lost to my surroundings.Marie Lu / quote ↗
09UndatedHe returns my smile. His teeth are beautiful, the loveliest I've seen so far on these streets.Marie Lu / quote ↗
10UndatedThe 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 / quote ↗
11UndatedDay, 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 / quote ↗
12UndatedThe 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 / quote ↗
13UndatedAs 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 / quote ↗
15UndatedWatch your back, little wolf, they say. Enemies arise from unexpected places.Marie Lu / quote ↗
16UndatedIt 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 / quote ↗
17UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
18UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
19UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
20UndatedWe 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 / quote ↗
21UndatedI'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 / quote ↗
