--- title: "14 Eye Quotes By Marie Lu" description: "14 Eye quotes by Marie Lu. Plus more from Marie Lu and more Eye sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/marie-lu-1250_brilliant_you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fo_40032.png" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fool-to-stay-with-someone-like/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/marie-lu-1250_brilliant_you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fo_40032.png) > [For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/for-a-small-moment-i-fix-my-eyes-on-his-telling-him-silently/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/marie-lu-1250_eye_for-a-small-moment-i-fix-my-eyes-on-his_1173147.png) > [There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/there-s-a-conflicted-look-in-day-s-eyes-a-joy-and-a-grief-that-makes/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/marie-lu-1250_conflicted_there-s-a-conflicted-look-in-day-s-eyes_534716.png) > [See?" she says. "tricked you. You're always staring at your opponents eyes-but that gives you a bad peripheral view.If you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/see-she-says-tricked-you-you-re-always-staring-at-your-opponents-eyes/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/marie-lu-1250_arms_see-she-says-tricked-you-you-re-always-s_1896359.png) > [Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/then-day-reaches-out-and-touches-my-hand-with-his-he-encloses-it-in-a/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/marie-lu-1250_and-love_then-day-reaches-out-and-touches-my-hand_1646451.jpg) > [Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/day-the-boy-from-the-streets-with-nothing-except-the-clothes-on-his/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/marie-lu-1250_beauty_day-the-boy-from-the-streets-with-nothin_2072978.png) > [He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. I can see the pain slashed across his face,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/he-pauses-when-he-finishes-undoing-the-last-button-then-closes-his/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/marie-lu-1250_boys_he-pauses-when-he-finishes-undoing-the-l_1818523.png) > [When you stand out there," John continues in a hoarse voice, "keep your chin up, all right? Don't let them get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/when-you-stand-out-there-john-continues-in-a-hoarse-voice-keep-your/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/marie-lu-1250_brother_when-you-stand-out-there-john-continues_245007.png) > [He has tears in his eyes now. The sight is more than I can bear. He takes two steps away from me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/he-has-tears-in-his-eyes-now-the-sight-is-more-than-i-can-bear-he/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/marie-lu-1250_animal_he-has-tears-in-his-eyes-now-the-sight-i_1525012.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/you-threw-everything-away-i-bring-a-hand-up-to-touch-her-face-to-wipe/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/marie-lu-1250_beautiful_you-threw-everything-away-i-bring-a-hand_881122.png) > [Day just smiles at me, an expression so sad that it breaks through my numbness, and I begin to cry. Those bright…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/day-just-smiles-at-me-an-expression-so-sad-that-it-breaks-through-my/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/marie-lu-1250_awhile_day-just-smiles-at-me-an-expression-so-s_270719.png) > [“I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-don-t-know-if-anyone-s-ever-told-you-this-he-begins-he-doesn-t/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/marie-lu-1250_appearance_i-don-t-know-if-anyone-s-ever-told-you-t_378806.jpg) > [I'd once been fascinated by his legend - all the stories I'd heard before I met him. Now I can feel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-d-once-been-fascinated-by-his-legend-all-the-stories-i-d-heard/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/marie-lu-1250_ashamed_i-d-once-been-fascinated-by-his-legend-a_2004543.png) > [Then he crouches down behind it, motions for Tess and me to sit down, and begins unbuttoning his vest. I blush scarlet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/then-he-crouches-down-behind-it-motions-for-tess-and-me-to-sit-down/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/marie-lu-1250_behinds_then-he-crouches-down-behind-it-motions_784553.png) ## Other authors on Eye ## More by Marie Lu > [My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/my-first-three-manuscripts-were-epic-fantasy-like-high-fantasy-and/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [“When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn't ask for help from you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/when-you-refuse-to-ask-for-help-it-tells-others-that-they-also/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fool-to-stay-with-someone-like/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the great Republic of America, to our Elector Primo, to our glorious states, to unity against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-pledge-allegiance-to-the-flag-of-the-great-republic-of-america-to/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-stand-there-for-a-while-then-sit-cross-legged-before-it-and-bow-my/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/they-re-making-me-so-weak-that-i-m-on-the-verge-of-collapsing-to-the/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/we-determine-whether-a-book-is-for-boys-or-girls-long-before-the/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [“I bet the Republic hasn't seen the last of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-bet-the-republic-hasn-t-seen-the-last-of-you/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/you-should-have-taken-me-with-you-i-whisper-to-him-then-i-lean-my/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [Fantasy and science fiction are my comfort spot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/fantasy-and-science-fiction-are-my-comfort-spot/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/be-true-to-yourself-but-that-s-something-everyone-says-and-no-one/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/no-it-wasn-t-the-attention-he-needed-he-just-wanted-to-create/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [It is pointless to believe what you see, if you only see what you believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/it-is-pointless-to-believe-what-you-see-if-you-only-see-what-you/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-ve-always-had-this-interest-in-sibling-relationships-because-i-don/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) > [Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/fantasy-and-science-fiction-are-where-my-brain-lives/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eye/marie-lu/#itemlist", "name": "14 Eye Quotes By Marie Lu", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 both fools.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Lu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fool-to-stay-with-someone-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/marie-lu-1250_brilliant_you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fo_40032.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/marie-lu-1250_brilliant_you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fo_40032.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/marie-lu-1250_brilliant_you-re-brilliant-he-says-but-you-re-a-fo_40032.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're brilliant,\"he says.\"But you're a fool to stay with someone like me.\" I close my eyes at the touch of…” — Marie Lu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Lu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/for-a-small-moment-i-fix-my-eyes-on-his-telling-him-silently/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/marie-lu-1250_eye_for-a-small-moment-i-fix-my-eyes-on-his_1173147.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/marie-lu-1250_eye_for-a-small-moment-i-fix-my-eyes-on-his_1173147.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/marie-lu-1250_eye_for-a-small-moment-i-fix-my-eyes-on-his_1173147.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud.” — Marie Lu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. 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You're always staring at your opponents eyes-but that gives you a bad peripheral view.If you want to track my arms and legs, you have to focus on my chest.\" I raise my eyebrow at that. \"say no more.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Lu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/see-she-says-tricked-you-you-re-always-staring-at-your-opponents-eyes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/marie-lu-1250_arms_see-she-says-tricked-you-you-re-always-s_1896359.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/marie-lu-1250_arms_see-she-says-tricked-you-you-re-always-s_1896359.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/marie-lu-1250_arms_see-she-says-tricked-you-you-re-always-s_1896359.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“See?\" she says. \"tricked you. 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I can see the pain slashed across his face, and the sight tears at me. The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Lu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/he-pauses-when-he-finishes-undoing-the-last-button-then-closes-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/marie-lu-1250_boys_he-pauses-when-he-finishes-undoing-the-l_1818523.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/marie-lu-1250_boys_he-pauses-when-he-finishes-undoing-the-l_1818523.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/marie-lu-1250_boys_he-pauses-when-he-finishes-undoing-the-l_1818523.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. 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Don't let them…” — Marie Lu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He has tears in his eyes now. The sight is more than I can bear. He takes two steps away from me and then turns back like a caged animal. “Do you even love me?” he suddenly asks. He grips both of my shoulders. “I’ve said it to you before, and I still mean it. 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Those bright blue eyes. 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I know.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Lu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-don-t-know-if-anyone-s-ever-told-you-this-he-begins-he-doesn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/marie-lu-1250_appearance_i-don-t-know-if-anyone-s-ever-told-you-t_378806.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/marie-lu-1250_appearance_i-don-t-know-if-anyone-s-ever-told-you-t_378806.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/marie-lu-1250_appearance_i-don-t-know-if-anyone-s-ever-told-you-t_378806.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know if anyone's ever told you this\", he begins. 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