He loves you, really he does. He'd love you even if it destroyed him. He matches you. — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal. — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“All my wealth, power, territories, military might... none of it matters now. She has gone, and with her I shall go. —… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“And they say she loathed everyone in the whole wide world, except for the boy from the bell tower. —Lady of Dark… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“They believe that objects have souls. The more love you put into one, the more beautiful it becomes.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“Dust everywhere... and out of that emerged this beautiful boy with the bluest eyes I'd ever seen, holding his hand out to… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I don't think anything really consciously went into 'Legend' that was influenced by videogames, but I'm pretty sure some of my experiences… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“No, it wasn't the attention he needed. He just wanted to create something and know that it mattered to someone, that he… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
To love is to be afraid. You are frightened, deathly terrified, that something will happen to those you love. Think of the… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley… — 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
“Sisters forever,” Violetta declared, in her tiny, young voice. Until death, even in death, even beyond. “I love you,” Violetta says, hanging… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it. — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“I feel the pulse of our bond and history and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“Day leans in toward me. He reaches up to touch my face. I can tell it still hurts him to use his… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
We're in this together, right?" he whispers. "You and me? You want to be here, yeah?" There's guilt in his questions. "Yes,"… — 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 Image
“When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn't ask for help from you.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
