Marie Lu
Marie Lu
Marie Luis an American young adult author. She is best known for the Legend series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future. The novels form the basis of a movie to be produced by CBS Films and directed by Jonathan Levine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
both break cried emails finished months profound readers receive received several stay stories students teacher troubled
I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever.
playing
I remember playing 'Mortal Kombat' when I was a kid and the other 'Tekken'-style games.
brother kids eye
When you stand out there," John continues in a hoarse voice, "keep your chin up, all right? Don't let them get to you." "I won't." "Make them work for it. Punch someone if you have to." John gives me a sad, crooked smile. "You're a scary kid. So scare them. Okay? All the way until the end." For the first time in a long time, I feel like a little brother. I have to swallow hard to keep my eyes dry. "Okay," I whisper.
heart blood stranger
My heart is ripped open, shredded, leaking blood. I can't let him leave like this. We've been through to much to turn into strangers.
knives efficiency throat
Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all at the same time.
distance feet firsts
Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the uncertainty of strangers.
fog you-again clear
I hope,” he replies softly, “to get to know you again. If you are open to it. There is a fog around you that I would like to clear away.
thinking long saws
I’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something when I saw you back there.
grief eye joy
There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense he has against my words. He loves so wholly. It is his nature.
love-you heart grieving
I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, 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. I love you, always.
june
Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel." "Hi," I reply. "I'm June.
taken mean sacrifice
Please don't take him away from this world. Please don't let him die here in my arms, not after everything we've been through together, not after You've taken so many others. Please, I beg You, let him live. I am willing to sacrifice anything to make this happen- I'm willing to do anything You ask. Maybe you'll laugh at me for such a naive promise, but I mean it in earnest, and I don't care if it makes no sense or seems impossible. Let him live. Please. I can't bear this a second time. Tell me there is still good in this world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.
love-you doe ifs
He loves you, really he does. He'd love you even if it destroyed him. He matches you.
tired used knows
I'm so tired. I don't know if I can ever outrun how I used to be.