833 Quotes by Marie Lu

Every problem has a solution. But after every solution, there’s a new problem to tackle, some new challenge to take on.

My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I’m famous all right, but I don’t think it’s what she had in mind.

I’ve had this dream too many times. I don’t want it taken away again.

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.

Every morning, everything’s possible again. Right?

The immortal story of the White Wolf, who may have been a courageous hero or a cruel villain. Depending which version of the story you’ve heard.

Even after all this time, I hope.

I refuse to believe that he’s nothing more than a monster. I can’t watch him sink like this. I keep going because I need to find that boy again, the beating heart buried underneath his lie. I have to stop him in order to save him. He was once the hand that pulled me up. Now I have to be his.

Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for things – for love, for acceptance – that I do not really need. I need nothing except the submission that comes with fear. I do not know why it took me so long to learn this.