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I feel so out of place here. No matter how much money the Republic throws at me, I will forever be the boy from the streets.

Marie Lu

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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Republic
Much
Streets
Boys
Forever
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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.
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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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When had Eden grown up? I feel like I blinked and missed it.
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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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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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Everything I am familiar with is gone.
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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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I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.
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