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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.

Marie Lu

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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I hope,” he replies softly, “to get to know you again. If you are open to it. There is a fog around you that I would like to clear away.
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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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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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