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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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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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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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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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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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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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Mom used to say that having three boys was kind of like having a pet tornado that talked back.
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It hurts every day, the absence of someone who was once there.
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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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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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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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Well...can't be any more dangerous than your crazy hospital break-in yeah?-Tess (pg 59)
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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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Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden.
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