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Everything I am familiar with is gone.

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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Familiar
Gone
Everything

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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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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.
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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.
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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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Brave thoughts, but am I ready to follow through on them?
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I'm telling you that you got your facts wrong. I didn't kill your brother. But you killed my mother. You might as well have held the gun to her head!
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Clouds suit my mood just fine.
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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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I don't think anything really consciously went into 'Legend' that was influenced by videogames, but I'm pretty sure some of my experiences and love for gaming contributed to a few of the factors that are in 'Legend'.
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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.
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For a small moment, I fix my eyes on his, telling him silently everything that I'll never say to him aloud.
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Mom used to say that having three boys was kind of like having a pet tornado that talked back.
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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.
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To love is to be afraid. You are frightened, deathly terrified, that something will happen to those you love. Think of the possibilities. Does your heart clench with each thought? That, my friend, is love. And love enslaves us all, for you cannot have love without fear.
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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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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.
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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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When had Eden grown up? I feel like I blinked and missed it.
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So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn’t have. That’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you shouldn’t have to be everything to me. I had you, but I’d forgotten that I had myself too.
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