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
stars long levels
I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars.
broken gone scream
I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.
teenager writing years
I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.
kids tired sick
Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.
darkness darkness-inside
Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden.
years yeah understatement
Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.
brain fiction fantasy
Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives.
eye views track
See?" she says. "tricked you. You're always staring at your opponents eyes-but that gives you a bad peripheral view.If you want to track my arms and legs, you have to focus on my chest." I raise my eyebrow at that. "say no more.
pain eye boys
He pauses when he finishes undoing the last button, then closes his eyes. I can see the pain slashed across his face, and the sight tears at me. The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see.
love-you together guilt
We're in this together, right?" he whispers. "You and me? You want to be here, yeah?" There's guilt in his questions. "Yes," I reply. "I chose this." Day pulls me close enough for our noses to touch. "I love you.
running nice knees
Now you'll get to see how I can really run a building, darlin. Not even a cracked knee to hold me back, yeah? What a nice birthday present.
light darkness world
He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.
boys light walks
The boy who walks in the light
running brother lying
You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my mind, I make a silent promise to my brother's killer. I will hunt you down. I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine.