I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars.

— Marie Lu

I am still alone, broken and small, the butterfly fighting for life in the grass.

— Marie Lu

I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

— Marie Lu

I belong to no one. On this night, I swear to you that I will rise above everything you’ve ever taught me. I will become a force that this world has never known. I will come into such power that none will dare hurt me again.

— Marie Lu

I can taste the goodbye on his lips.

— Marie Lu

I certainly don't understand all these strange new feelings inside me--am I here because I love him, or because I owe him?

— Marie Lu

I'd forgotten that a boy from the streets is no match for the future Princes.

— Marie Lu

I'd gotten someone killed. The price people seem to pay for crossing my path.

— Marie Lu

I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead, I find myself staring into a pair of oceans - one perfect, the other blemished by that tiny ripple. "You're very attractive." catches me off guard. But it startles me so much that without thinking I blurt out, "I could say the same about you." I pause. "In case you didn't know." A slow grin spreads across his face. "Oh, trust me. I know.

— Marie Lu

I don't want--to go--I don't want--to leave you--Eden--

— Marie Lu