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If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.

Marie Lu

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
Author
Science Fiction Writer
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Inside
System
Politics
Powerful
Much
Rebelling
Rebel
Leadership
Outside

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Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.
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Tess, I say. I'm going to head down to the water.I'll be back in a minute. You sure you can make it by yourself? she asks. I'll be fine. I smile. If you see me floating unconscious out to sea,though-by all means,come and get me.
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Hi, he says. I'm Daniel. Hi, I reply. I'm June.
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No matter what happens in the future, no matter where our paths take us, this moment will be ours.
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Absolute power is absolute power, no matter what it's called.
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You drive me insane June. You're the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I can't catch my breath because I'm trying so hard to keep up. There will never be another like you. You realize that, don't you? Billions of people will come and go in this world, but there will never be another like you.
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Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it.
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You try to walk in the light.
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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.
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It hurts every day, the absence of someone who was once there.
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Sometimes, the sun sets earlier. Days don’t last forever, you know. But I’ll fight as hard as I can. I can promise you that.
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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
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June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.
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Well...can't be any more dangerous than your crazy hospital break-in yeah?-Tess (pg 59)
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I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them.
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I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars.
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I could be compassionate, if I wanted. Metias would be merciful. But I was never as good a person as my brother.
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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.
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My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up.
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