Top 450 Marie Lu Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “But beauty can make people forgive a thousand cruelties.”

— Marie Lu

52. “When had Eden grown up? I feel like I blinked and missed it.”

— Marie Lu

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

— Marie Lu

54. “She’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen, easily the most breathtaking girl in the room.”

— Marie Lu

55. “I’m so tired. I don’t know if I can ever outrun how I used to be.”

— Marie Lu

56. “You are a light,” she replies gently. “And when you shine, you shine bright.”

— Marie Lu

57. “Because sometimes, broken pieces find a way to make a new whole.”

— Marie Lu

58. “It is hard to describe loss to someone who has never experienced it, impossible to explain all the ways it changes you. But for those who have, not a single word is needed.”

— Marie Lu

59. “You have to learn to look at the whole of something, not just the parts.”

— Marie Lu

60. “He loves you, really he does. He’d love you even if it destroyed him. He matches you.”

— Marie Lu

61. “After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light.”

— Marie Lu

62. “I feel so out of place here. No matter how much money the Republic throws at me, I will forever be the boy from the streets.”

— Marie Lu

63. “Trust nothing, suspect everything. If you want to figure out the truth, you shouldn’t just be standing here, trying to get me to talk. Go out and see color for yourself.”

— Marie Lu

64. “People ultimately don’t care about the journey, if the end is worth it.”

— Marie Lu

65. “It feels like it’s the end of the world if you don’t do well on your SATs.”

— Marie Lu

66. “You kiss random girls on the street without a second thought. But you won’t even – ” “You’re not a random girl on the street,” I snap. “You’re Tess.” Her.”

— Marie Lu

67. “There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.”

— Marie Lu

68. “Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.”

— Marie Lu

69. “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.”

— Marie Lu

70. “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.”

— Marie Lu

71. “Billions of people will come and go in this world, but there will never be another like you.”

— Marie Lu

72. “June will break your heart. I can see it already. She’ll shatter you into a million pieces.”

— Marie Lu

73. “Embellish your flaws,” he says softly. “They will turn into your assets. And if you become one of us, I will teach you to wield them like an assassin wields a knife.” His eyes narrow. His subtle smile turns dangerous. “So. Tell me, little wolf. Do you want to punish those who have wronged you?”

— Marie Lu

74. “I am going to tell you a story you already know. But listen carefully, because within it is one you have never heard before.”

— Marie Lu

75. “Idiotic reply, June. Why don’t you punch him in the face while you’re at it. I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.”

— Marie Lu

76. “There is a darkness in you, something that gives you immense strength.”

— Marie Lu

77. “I’m so sorry. I am so sorry for everything.”

— Marie Lu

78. “They think they can keep me out, but it does not matter how many locks they hang at the entrance. There is always another door.”

— Marie Lu

79. “Sometimes, the only way to set things right is to do what is difficult.”

— Marie Lu

80. “Someday, when I am nothing but dust and wind, what tale will they tell about me? Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all.”

— Marie Lu

81. “My Heart is ripped open, shredded, leaking blood. I can’t let him leave like this.”

— Marie Lu

82. “I pledge myself to the Rose Society until the end of my days, to use my eyes to see all that happens, my tongue to woo others to our side, my ears to hear every secret, my hands to crush my enemies. I will do everything in my power to destroy all who stand in my way.”

— Marie Lu

83. “Logic will save you when nothing else will.”

— Marie Lu

84. “Each day means everything’s possible again.”

— Marie Lu

85. “He looks like an angel, if a broken one.”

— Marie Lu

86. “I want to fall into the purity that is Day, soaking in his simple honesty, his heart that sits open and beating on his sleeve.”

— Marie Lu

87. “I love you. No matter what happens between us.”

— Marie Lu

88. “I don’t know if it’s because each of us is too hesitant to bother the other, too afraid that the other doesn’t want to talk, or maybe both of us are just too damn proud to be the one desperate enough to reach out.” -Day.”

— Marie Lu

89. “He doesn’t know who I am.”

— Marie Lu

90. “He was the last thread suspending me in the light. Without him, I can feel myself spiraling downward, falling to a place where I can no longer pull myself back up.”

— Marie Lu

91. “Maybe they weren’t a smart match but fate had matched them anyway; and someday in some future perhaps they would be matched again.”

— Marie Lu

92. “Now you’ll get to see how I can really run a building, darlin. Not even a cracked knee to hold me back, yeah? What a nice birthday present.”

— Marie Lu

93. “Speak for those less fortunate than yourself, who will need your help. Speak for the ones who will come after you, looking to you for guidance. Stay true, daughter. One day, you will see it all go up in flames.”

— Marie Lu

94. “Wishes have a habit of surprising their makers.”

— Marie Lu

95. “Your Majesty,” he whispers, breathless. A note of amusement creeps into his voice. “You’ll ruin me.”

— Marie Lu

96. “If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.”

— Marie Lu

97. “Our pasts matter because they created us, helped mold us into who we are.”

— Marie Lu

98. “I never saw her again. But even now, as an old man, I remember her as clearly as if she were standing before me. She was ice personified. There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.”

— Marie Lu

99. “Someday, when I am nothing but dust and wind, what tale will they tell about me?”

— Marie Lu

100. “So. Tell me, little wolf. Do you want to punish those who have wronged you?”

— Marie Lu