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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Metias is gone again. He is always gone.

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If Metias joined the Patriots, he'd be a Hacker too. If he were alive.

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Maybe his nightmare had been about me.

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Well enough,” I reply. “Remember, you’re drunk. And happy. You’re supposed to be lusting over your escort. Try smiling a little more.” Day plasters a giant artificial smile on his face. As charming as ever. “Aw, come on, sweetheart. I tho...

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I 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.

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Few people ever kill for the right reasons.

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Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.

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I'd gotten someone killed. The price people seem to pay for crossing my path.

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All they're going to see is a wealthy man who has no idea how to heal their suffering.

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You risked an awful lot for someone you hardly know.' I narrow my eyes. 'THAT doesn't say much about your character. Perhaps you should wait until someone's about to be executed for a mistake YOU made.

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I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

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The king is dead. Long live the queen.

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I keep my eyes closed as tightly as I can, but in my mind, everyone in the square looks like my father and they all have his voice. I imagine my hands at their throats, choking, silencing them, one by one.

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How many times have you been called an abomination?” he whispers. “A monster? Worthless?”

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, the phantoms whispered to my father, speaking my most frightening thoughts in a chorus of voices, dripping with hatred. My hatred.

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Through the whirlwind, I hear my father's harsh whisper. I know who you really are. My fury heightens.

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I laugh with him. I imagine mixing poison into his tea, then watching his face turn purple and anguished; I picture myself leaning over him, looking on patiently, with my chin resting in my hands, admiring his dying, writhing body as I count out the ...

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Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?

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Algo enegrece tu corazón, algo profundo y amargo. Se ha enconado dentro de ti durante años,nutrido y animado.Nunca he sentido nada igual.

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As a writer, I try to appeal to the 'elusive boy audience' the same way I try to appeal to everyone: I do the very best I can to create interesting characters, addictive plots, tons of conflict, believable settings, unexpected plot twists, intriguing...

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I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.

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Author Bio

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