833 Quotes by Marie Lu

His voice seems to linger in the air, though, words I haven’t heard from him in years... and somewhere, deep in my chest, stirs the presence of a girl buried long ago.

Why would anyone give up the perfect fantasy reality just because they have to give up their freedom? What’s the point of freedom if you’re just living in a miserable reality?

Be true to yourself. But that’s something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.

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.

You’re the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I can’t catch my breath because I’m trying so hard to keep up. There will never be another like you.

But true rulers are not born. We are made.

I rub the weariness from my eyes and try to ignore my headache – I could use some rest.

You are forever a piece of my story. I couldn’t turn my back on you without turning my back on myself. I had to try.” My quiet words hang in the air. “I had to hold out my hand to you.

El miedo te hace fuerte.