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
mistake together lifetime
Can one mistake really destroy a lifetime together?
eye small-moments moments
For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud.
matter path moments
No matter what happens in the future, no matter where our paths take us, this moment will be ours.
matter no-matter-what absolute-power
Absolute power is absolute power, no matter what it's called.
mean eye animal
He has tears in his eyes now. The sight is more than I can bear. He takes two steps away from me and then turns back like a caged animal. “Do you even love me?” he suddenly asks. He grips both of my shoulders. “I’ve said it to you before, and I still mean it. But I’ve never heard it from you.
inspiration tomorrow unstoppable
Tomorrow, I will take on all of these things. I will be unstoppable.
being-yourself mean want
Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.
eden feels
When had Eden grown up? I feel like I blinked and missed it.
cute morning hands
You know, sometimes I wonder what things would be like if I just ... met you one day. Like normal people do. If I just walked by you on some street one sunny morning and thought you were cute, stopped, shook your hand, and said, "Hi, I'm Daniel.
distance knives cases
I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something.
beautiful girl memories
The first time I saw you, when you stepped into that Skiz ring against Kaede, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. I could've watched you forever. The first time I kiss you..." That memory overpowers me now, taking me by surprise. I remember every last detail of it, almost enough to push away the lingering images of the Elector pulling June to him. "Well, that might as well have been my first kiss ever.
world good-in-the-world stills
Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.
children ideas people
I've always been interested in exploring the concept of child prodigies. When I was younger, I wrote a story about Mozart as a child and I just always loved this idea of young people who are able to take control of their lives and bring a whole lot of change at such a young age.
laughter grief love-you
Day just smiles at me, an expression so sad that it breaks through my numbness, and I begin to cry. Those bright blue eyes. Before me is the boy who has bandaged my wounds on the streets of Lake, who has guarded his family with every bone in his body, who has stayed by my side in spite of everything, the boy of light and laughter and life, of grief and fury and passion, the boy whose fate is intertwined with mine, forever and always. "I love you," he whispers. "Can you stay awhile?