833 Quotes by Marie Lu

Desperation brings out the darkness in everyone,” the man said with a shrug.

I’m supposed to hate you for what you did, I think. But her eyes linger on me in a way that refuses to let me.

I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had. cherishing what we did. I wish you were here.

All it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn’t exist.

I pledge myself to the Rose Society until the end of my days, to use my eyes to see all that happens, my tongue to woo others to our side, my ears to hear every secret, my hands to crush my enemies. I will do everything in my power to destroy all who stand in my way.

He trusts me-truly, stupidly, wholeheartedly trusts me. In fact, I don’t know if anyone had ever taken my word so readily before.

When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn’t ask for help from you. That you look down on them for needing your help. That you like feeling superior to them. It’s an insult, Emi, to your friends and peers. So don’t be like that. Let us in.

I need to address my people, and I need to look the part. I will walk out onto the balcony with my head held high, fulfilling the fantasy I’d had as a little girl in my father’s home.

But you can’t give them everything they want – they will always want more than they have.