833 Quotes by Marie Lu

Logic above all else, I tell myself. Logic will save you when nothing else will.

A week passes without contact, and then a month, and soon too much time has passed and calling her would just feel random and weird. So I don’t.

Think badass thoughts, I tell myself.

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?

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.

I hereby pledge to serve the Dagger Society, to strike fear into the hearts of those who rule Kenettra, to take by death what belong to us, and to make the power of our Elites known to every man, woman, and child. Should I break my vow, let the dagger take from me what I took from the dagger.

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

Don’t forget one weapon just because of another,” he says. A flicker of approval flashes in his eyes. “Or you’ll find yourself skewered in no time.” “Then maybe you should know which weapons are real,” I reply. The dagger I’m holding near his throat vanishes in a puff of smoke. The real dagger I’d taken from him is in my other hand, which I now press against his side.

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