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I don't like seeing her this delicate.

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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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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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.
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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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