Marie Lu Quotes

I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.

I've never thought of describing her beauty as delicate, because delicate just isn't a word that fits June... but here, now that she's sick, I realize just how fragile she can be.

Stay safe. I want to see you again when all this is done.

I certainly don't understand all these strange new feelings inside me--am I here because I love him, or because I owe him?

Goodnight, June.

Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart.

A crack of lightning, an explosion of thunder, the sound of pounding rain.

Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together.“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.” “Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.