Top 450 Marie Lu Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “None of us are saints. We can all do better.”

— Marie Lu

302. “Maybe she’ll fight better this way. Nothing motivates you like being alone and cornered on the streets.”

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303. “That’s the difference between the real and the virtual. Reality is where you can lose the ones you love. Reality is the place where you can feel the cracks in your heart.”

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

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

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307. “In my fury, I killed him.”

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

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

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

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312. “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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313. “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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314. “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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315. “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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316. “Do great things and challenge the world.”

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

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

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

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

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

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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. “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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325. “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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326. “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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327. “I exchange a long glance with June. She’s okay, she’s unharmed. And yet, I’m afraid that she’ll disappear if I’m careless enough to look away.”

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

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329. “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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330. “There is something quiet and warm about this tiny, temporary bond between the girl and the dog. What must it feel like to harness joy and love, instead of fear and hate? What kind of light does that cast?”

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331. “My life became the lives of Day and June, and through them I saw my own fears, hopes and aspirations play out across their canvas. Now I’ve reached the point where our stories diverge. They are off to live beyond the confines of the trilogy; I am left waving to them from the sidelines. I don’t know where they’ll go but I think they’re going to be okay.”

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332. “The world shifts, tilts, sometimes collapses. But sometimes, it bends toward you, and everything feels right.”

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

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

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335. “The fire in you burns as fiercely as it did when I first met you.”

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336. “I’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost.”

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

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338. “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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339. “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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340. “And I’m not horrified. I look at it, indulging in the darkness around me, feeding me, strengthening me, and I realize that I’m happy I killed him. Truly happy.”

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341. “You won’t find it if you haven’t found it yet.”

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342. “Don’t be afraid,” he says with a half smile. “You’re with me.” His hand tightens around my wrist, tugging me down again playfully. And this time, I feel safe enough to take a deep breath of my own and do as he says.”

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343. “I’m thinking about Enzo, the way he used to be. The hard look in his eyes as he trained me, and then the vulnerability I saw in him whenever we were alone. I don’t need to push Sergio to know that Raffaele had asked Enzo to kill him, just as he did to me. Enzo had spared us both. He had been such a strong leader, such a natural crown prince. He would have been an admirable king.”

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344. “We are sisters. Despite all we’ve been through, all that we have held against each other, we are sisters until death comes for us.”

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345. “At this moment, all I’m thinking about is what I’d give up for the chance to kiss her or to run my fingers through her dark hair.”

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346. “Set this world on fire, Enzo. With everything you have.”

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347. “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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348. “Magiano just shrugs. He studies me for a brief moment. What does he see? Then he utters a small laugh. “Just point me in the direction of the royal treasury, Your Majesty,” he says, waving a hand in the air. He turns away as he speaks, but not before I catch a hint of sadness on his face. “Then you’ll always know where to find me.”

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349. “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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350. “I’m not loyal enough to the Republic to stamp that loyalty right on my face. Leave that to June.”

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