Dust everywhere... and out of that emerged this beautiful boy with the bluest eyes I'd ever seen, holding his hand out to help me to my feet.

— Marie Lu

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

— Marie Lu

Everything's science fiction until someone makes it science fact

— Marie Lu

Fear is your sword

— Marie Lu

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. Furthermore, I do not know why it took me so long to learn this.

— Marie Lu

Few people ever kill for the right reasons.

— Marie Lu

Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.

— Marie Lu

Goodnight, June.

— Marie Lu

He doesn't know who I am.

— Marie Lu

He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.

— Marie Lu