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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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June laughs. I have to say, you look better than most people I see. I've heard a lot about you. I hear about you a lot too, Eden replies in a rush, mostly from Daniel. He thinks you're really hot.
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When had Eden grown up? I feel like I blinked and missed it.
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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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Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.
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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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Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden.
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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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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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June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.
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If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.
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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.
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Sometimes, the sun sets earlier. Days don’t last forever, you know. But I’ll fight as hard as I can. I can promise you that.
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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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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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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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Everything I am familiar with is gone.
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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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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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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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