“Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible. — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“I really miss him. I miss him so much. And I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Idiotic reply, June. Why don't you punch him in the face while you're at it. I turn even more flustered when I… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“Someday I’ll see him again, and we’ll tell our stories to each other…but for now, I lock him safely away, in a… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to leave, because it means I’ll have to open my eyes and June will be gone, replaced with this… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
June laughs. "I have to say, you look better than most people I see. I've heard a lot about you." "I hear… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Few people ever kill for the right reasons, June. Most do it for the wrong reasons. I just hope you never have… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“You drive me insane, June,” he murmurs against my hair. “You’re the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
The first time I saw you, when you stepped into that Skiz ring against Kaede, I thought you were the most beautiful… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
You 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… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
You drive me insane June. You're the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I can't catch my breath because… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
He loves so wholly. It is his nature. He blinks, then tries to find the right response. "I-" he stumbles. "I'm so… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as… — Marie Lu Copy Share
“When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn't ask for help from you.” — Marie Lu Copy Share
You'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… — Marie Lu Copy Share
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the great Republic of America, to our Elector Primo, to our glorious states, to unity against the… — Marie Lu Copy Share
“I stand there for a while, then sit cross-legged before it and bow my head. "Hi, Metias," I say in a soft voice. "Today's… — Marie Lu Copy Share
“They’re making me so weak that I’m on the verge of collapsing to the floor. I’ve kissed a few boys in the past . . . but… — Marie Lu Copy Share
We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers… — Marie Lu Copy Share
You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my… — Marie Lu Copy Share
Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to… — Marie Lu Copy Share
“No, it wasn't the attention he needed. He just wanted to create something and know that it mattered to someone, that he mattered. That… — Marie Lu Copy Share
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,… — Marie Lu Copy Share
![“[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my darkest days. It's as if she came perfectly happy home instead of what Kaede just told me. I feel a relaxing warmth at the thought, realizing suddenly how much I'm anticipating meeting up…” quote by Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6bb/marie-lu-1250_breathe_tess-and-i-are-a-good-match-she-understa_3024841.jpg)
