Quotes by Marie Lu

About Marie Lu:

Marie Lu is an American young adult author. She is best known for the Legend series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future. The novels form the basis of a movie to be produced by CBS Films and directed by Jonathan Levine.
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So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn’t have. That’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry be...

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I've always been interested in exploring the concept of child prodigies. When I was younger, I wrote a story about Mozart as a child, and I just always loved this idea of young people who are able to take control of their lives and bring a whole lot ...

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Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, so she destroyed them all.

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He's right. I can't deny it. I am the reason Day lost everything that matters to him.

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You led the soldiers right to my family's door. You're the reason they're dead.

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My heart is ripped open, shredded, leaking blood. I can't let him leave like this. We've been through to much to turn into strangers.

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He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.

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Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.

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Day, 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.

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[...] 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 s...

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The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.

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I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.

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June will break your heart. I can see it already. She'll shatter you into a million pieces.

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I'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.

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I certainly don't understand all these strange new feelings inside me--am I here because I love him, or because I owe him?

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Stay safe. I want to see you again when all this is done.

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It means, Day, that you're dying.

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I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything.

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Before I can say anything else, he steps forward and takes my face in his hands. Then he's kissing me one last time.

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I need to let him go.

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Author Bio

  • NameMarie Lu
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • Born1984
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor
  • WorksProdigy