Top 450 Marie Lu Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Then take it,” Violetta suddenly hisses. “And let it take you.”

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302. “Tearing something down isn’t the end; doing something great, or better, something right, is.”

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303. “She was the flint lighting sparks in my darkness, illuminating a history that I can just barely see.”

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304. “Teren smiles at me. He takes a step closer. “Ah, mi Adelinetta,” he says. His eyes soften in a way that surprises me. “I have missed you. You, more than any other abomination, understand what we truly are.” He shakes his head. “Had I known you when I was a young boy... ” He lets that sentence die, leaving me curious.”

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305. “I’d forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.”

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306. “But looking out, all he saw was an ocean of light, the shimmering heart of Gotham City spread out before him. He didn’t know everything his future held for him, not yet, but he knew that whatever it was, it would remain here. It looked like a place worth protecting. It looked like home.”

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307. “The gods gave us powers, Adelina, because we are born to rule.”

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308. “I am composing my own music. It is mine, from my hand alone. I wrote it for myself and I wanted to share it with you. Do you see me?”

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309. “And just like that, I feel my power rush back over me in a flood of darkness, filling the empty crevices of my heart and mind with its familiar, poisonous comfort.”

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310. “He is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here. I love you, always.”

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311. “No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.”

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312. “Word on the street is that those lenses will download a patch that converts them into algorithm lenses on the day of the Warcross closing ceremony. That’s happening in eight days. “Seven days of freedom left,” Asher finally says, voicing what we’re all thinking. “If you want to rob a bank, now’s your chance.” I glance at Tremaine. “Any luck digging up more info about the algorithm itself?”

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313. “I curse silently under my breath and start to turn away but then the soldier does something unexpected, something I’ve seen before.”

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314. “Already, I’m starting to forget the face of the man I killed.”

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315. “A figure appears between me and the oncoming Inquisitor, moving with deadly grace. It’s a boy, I think. Who is this? This boy is not an illusion – I can sense his reality, the solidity of his figure that the black sky and the locusts don’t have. He is clad in a whirlwind of hooded blue robes, and a metallic silver mask covers his entire face. He crouches in front of me, every line of his body tense, his focus entirely on the Inquisitor. A long dagger gleams in each of his gloved hands.”

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316. “His eyes are two warnings, full of everything he wishes he could say out loud.”

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317. “But her eyes burn in the light, and although it’s hit and might be my imagination, I think I see a small smile on the girl’s face.”

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318. “You could say I am flawed. Marked. A malfetto. While my sister emerged from the fever unscathed, I now have only a scar where my left eye used to be. While my sister’s hair remained a glossy black, the strands of my hair and lashes turned a strange, ever-shifting silver, so that in the sunlight they look close to white, like a winter moon, and in the dark they change to a deep gray, shimmering silk spun from metal.”

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319. “He returns my smile. His teeth are beautiful, the loveliest I’ve seen so far on these streets.”

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320. “In my fury, I killed him.”

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321. “She’s pretty in a way that distracts me just like she did in the Skiz ring. No, pretty’s not the right word. Beautiful.”

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322. “I stand in the darkness for a long time, letting myself sink into the memories we once shared.”

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323. “Our words sound light and almost carefree, but we can both feel the strain behind them. The effort of trying to forget, to push down. The consequence of things neither of us can ever take back.”

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324. “You have taken advantage of my silence in every way, robbed me of my dignity and my pride. You have used me for your own gain. Now, in your hour of greatest need, you will use me again. And yet, I will still risk my life to save yours. I swore and oath to this country on the day I donned this coat, to protect you and every other citizen from harm so long as there is breath in my body.”

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325. “Why can’t I be like that? Why can’t I be the father who just shrugs off the love of his daughter? Why can’t I be the Lead Inquisitor who enjoys watching his pleading victims burn at the stake? Why can’t I be the one who befriends a lonely, lost girl and then casts her out? Why can’t I be the one to strike first, to hit so early and with such fury that my enemies cower before they can ever think of turning on me? What is so great about being good?”

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326. “Only for Metias do I wear this unnecessarily exquisite gown, to show without words how much I love him.”

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327. “You led the soldiers right to my family’s door. You’re the reason they’re dead.”

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328. “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 minutes.”

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329. “I’ve looked over my shoulder for a decade,′ I whisper, ’wondering what it was that was missing in my life. Turns out, all this time, it was you.”

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330. “What does straddling mean?” – Page 873.”

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331. “It means, Day, that you’re dying.”

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332. “The elector is young and ambitious, but he is not his father. He wants to fight for you, just as I fight for you, but first you need to give him that chance. And if you put your might behind him and lift him up, he will lift us up.”

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333. “What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?”

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334. “That’s why I have to focus, I remind myself. And I can’t do that if I stare into Day’s eyes.”

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335. “In spite of everything I’d seen and all I knew about what was wrong with the NeuroLink-I’m sad without it. Hideo had created something that changed all of our lives, often for the better. It was a creation that had probably saved my life. And yet, here I am. Maybe I should feel like a hero. But I don’t. It’s always easier to destroy than create.”

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336. “I’m suddenly angry. Why must I lose everything that I care for? Why is love such a weakness? I wish, for an instant, that I didn’t need such a thing.”

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337. “Do great things and challenge the world.”

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338. “She’s pretty in a way that distracts me.”

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339. “We were never meant to exist, Adelina,” he says. “And we will never exist again. But we cannot take the entire world with us.” He meets my gaze. “No matter how it has wronged us.”

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340. “I love you,” I whisper over and over again. “Don’t go,” I close my eyes. My tears fall on his cheeks.”

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341. “What’s right is relative, isn’t it?”

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342. “Even after all this time, I hope.”

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343. “What do you have in mind?” I put my hands in my pockets and put my arrogant mask back on. “What I’ve always been good at.”

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344. “Something blackens your heart, something deep and bitter. It has festered inside you for years, nurtured and encouraged. I’ve never felt anything like it.”

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345. “Without her, I am less afraid of dying. Without her, the world is that much darker.”

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346. “Maybe it’s the expression in her eyes, something at once coolly logical and fiercely defiant.”

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347. “That’s another thing to love about me. I steal.”

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348. “After she was gone, I sheathed her sword at my belt, draped her cloak over my shoulders, carried her heart in my arms, and, somehow, went on.”

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349. “Sometimes the sun sets earlier, days don’t last forever you know.”

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350. “A low, sweet sound comes from his throat. I bring a hand up to the back of his neck. Aside from the deep warmth of passion, my energy stays very, very still, and for the first time, I don’t miss it.”

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