Top 450 Marie Lu Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “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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302. “I’d forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princeps.”

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

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304. “An inferior child with bad genes is no use to the country.”

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

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306. “As the sun starts to rise, I watch as Raffaele bends over Enzo’s body, the two of us mourning the prince we both loved.”

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307. “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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308. “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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309. “His eyes are two warnings, full of everything he wishes he could say out loud.”

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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. “One heroic act doesn’t make a man trustworthy. What if he decides to turn his blade on you?”

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312. “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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313. “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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314. “It means, Day, that you’re dying.”

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315. “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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316. “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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317. “What’s right is relative, isn’t it?”

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

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

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320. “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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321. “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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322. “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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323. “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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324. “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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325. “She’s pretty in a way that distracts me.”

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326. “In my fury, I killed him.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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334. “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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335. “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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336. “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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337. “Someday, when I am nothing but dust and wind, what tale will they tell about me? Another slow breath. Another. A final exhale.”

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

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

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341. “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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342. “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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343. “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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344. “The world grows smaller,′ she finally said. ‘And small worlds cultivate greed. It is a grievous sin... We are not all like them. I am sorry, child, for your loss, and I am sorry for them, for seeing such a small world.”

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345. “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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346. “The mind can make you believe whatever it wants you to believe.”

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347. “I certainly don’t understand all these strange new feelings inside me – am I here because I love him, or because I owe him?”

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

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

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350. “If Metias joined the Patriots, he’d be a Hacker too. If he were alive.”

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