Quotes by Marie Lu

“My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up.”

“You cannot harden your heart to the future just because of your past. You cannot use cruelty against yourself to justify cruelty to others.”

“The king is dead. Long live the queen.”

“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.”

“We are the children of gods and angels.”

“No. I cannot let him control me.You are mine, Adelina, Enzo growls. Turn your powers against your own fleet.”

“Enzo inherited a throne. Giulietta relied on her royal blood. Queen Maeve rules Beldain because she was born to it. But true rulers are not born. We are made.”

“I have spent my entire life thinking of the Inquisitors as things, soulless creatures. But they are just men. Men can be swayed, and I have the power to do it.”

“You have goodness in your heart, but your darkness overwhelms it all; your desire to hurt, destroy, and avenge is more powerful than your desire to love, help, and light the way.”

“Through the whirlwind, I hear my father's harsh whi”

“I laugh with him. I imagine mixing poison into his tea, then watching his face turn purple and anguished; I picture myself leaning over him, looking on patiently, with my chin resting in my hands, ...”

“I belong to no one. On this night, I swear to you that I will rise above everything youve ever taught me. I will become a force that this world has never known. I will come into such power that non...”

“Your strengths might make you hard to approach, and might make your words sound uglier than what you actually mean, but they also make people look up to you.”

“In the mirror, I look the same. But I am a different person inside.I am a prodigy who knows the truth. I know exactly what I'm going to do.”

“So, when I thought June might take you away, I didnt know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didnt...”

“Few people ever kill for the right reasons.”

“We might not return from this voyage. None of us. We might all lay down our lives when we reach the end, and not ever know whether our sacrifice changed anything for the better.It will be for the b...”

“June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.”

“I laugh at him, and behind us, several Inquisitors stir in surprise at the sound. Only Magiano can coax joy out of me so easily.”

“Literature destabilizes thought by breaking open language and smuggling in sound, rhythm, and image--an invasion of aesthetics. More easily than analytic writing, poetry can emancipate itself from ...”