Top 450 Marie Lu Quotes (2024 Update)
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451. “The warmth of having Red nearby seems so real that I lean into it, letting myself believe that if I wanted to, I could youch his hand, touch his face, pull him to me, feel his whisper on my skin.”

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452. “Reality is the place where you can feel the cracks in your heart.”

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453. “If he dies, my hands will be dipped in his blood.”

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454. “Maybe if I were the republics darling, you’d care about me too.”

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455. “Somehow I always feel better with her. It’s as if she can completely sympathize with my thoughts and help me channel them away, and I can always take comfort in her lovely face.”

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456. “Lost for a moment in an old memory.”

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457. “That I love you,” I whisper. “That I’ve been in love with you for years, even when we were separated. Especially then. I’ve lived with you in my life, and I’ve lived without you. No matter what kind of fear I feel in the possibility of us being together, the fear of being away from you is something I don’t think I can bear.” I look down, shy to meet her gaze now. “I have nightmares of losing you again. All the time.”

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458. “Day runs a hand through his hair, opens his mouth to say something, and closes it again. I can tell there’s another part of this whole scenario that he’s not telling me, but I don’t press it.”

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459. “You are forever a piece of my story. I couldn’t turn my back on you without turning my back on myself. I had to try.”

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460. “Be wary of what you wish for.”

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461. “Look proud, she would say to me as she patted my cheek, until you feel it.”

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462. “Entertainment that won’t eat up my batteries is worth bringing.”

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463. “After that, I don’t know what the hell I’ll do. But I’m used to taking crises one step at a time.”

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464. “You don’t have to break down every detail. You just need to see the overall pattern to catch the weakness in it.”

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465. “We may always struggle with our pasts, but we can rest assured that we’ll always have someone else who can pull us forward.”

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466. “No! I meant it!′ I wanted to scream. ‘It was a good-bye, the only one I could give. But I meant it. I promise.”

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467. “But I’m think that, even though there’s no one in my family willing to wait around for me, even though you’re the only one here, I couldn’t care less, because you might as well be the entire damn world.”

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468. “All they’re going to see is a wealthy man who has no idea how to heal their suffering.”

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469. “Goodness is a garden that provides life to thousands of blooms. It does not rule. It gives.”

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470. “You live life, certain it will always stay this way, until it doesn’t.”

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471. “Some pasts can’t be left behind. They must be fought.”

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472. “Goodnight, June.”

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473. “The deal is done.”

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474. “How could anyone resist June? She’s perfect in too many ways.”

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475. “Cruelty is to hand out unjust punishments. I will not be unjust.”

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476. “I have to rub my eyes and read the captions again. They’re still there. The Elector has freed Eden.”

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477. “He doesn’t reach for my hand. He doesn’t scoot closer to let our shoulders touch, he doesn’t stroke my hair, he doesn’t whisper reassuringly into my ear or rest his head against mine. I hadn’t realized how much I’ve grown to crave these little gestures.”

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478. “I still feel that deep-rooted commitment trying to resurface, a familiar blanket I want to wrap myself with.”

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479. “After all, getting into a prison is never the hard part.”

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480. “Where will you go?” I ask. At that, Magiano puts his hand down and turns his eyes up to the sky. It is a habit now that my eyes instinctively turn skyward, too, to where the first stars have begun to appear. “I’m going to follow her, of course,” Magiano says. “As the night sky turns. When she appears on the other side of the world, I will be there, and when she returns here, so will I.”

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481. “I lost my bounty, my landlord is going to come screaming for his money again tomorrow morning, I’m going to drag myself to my waitressing job, and I’m going to be homeless in a couple of days, with nowhere to go... but tonight, I can join in with everyone else, put on my glasses, and watch the magic happen.”

— Marie Lu

482. “Stay with me,” I murmur. “Just for a little while.”

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483. “I accept, then. A few hundred dinners here with you.”

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484. “That’s her strength, no doubt. She heals. She’s comforting.”

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485. “Aren’t we all always searching for someone to understand us?”

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486. “It’s hard to sever the mind’s ties, no matter how painful they are.”

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487. “Think of all that a single person can do. All the indescribable good. All the unspeakable evil.”

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488. “If only the world were fair, Constantine replies. But no one wants that. They just want it to be fair for them.”

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489. “Guilt slices through my skin, opening veins as it goes.”

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490. “The sight sends both a thrill and a shiver through me, bringing memories that I’ve forced into a closet in my mind, thoughts I need to keep buried if I want to stay focused, keep going.”

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491. “That’s the thing about inventing new things, you can only control the genesis of it, not the evolution. And I have evolved.”

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492. “Whenever June needs something, she gets results, but my needs aren’t worth a bucket of pig’s blood.”

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493. “Jordan, the shy Runner with the copper braids, asks me twice if I’m okay. I just shrug her off. Yeah, something’s wrong. Isn’t that the understatement of the year.”

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494. “Dying?” Rollan said. He hadn’t thought it would be as bad as that. The word seemed so final – the thought of their faithful rockback whales sacrificing themselves because of this journey hit him hard in the heart.”

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