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Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden.

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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Everyone
Hidden
However
Darkness
Inside

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I've always been interested in exploring the concept of child prodigies. When I was younger, I wrote a story about Mozart as a child and I just always loved this idea of young people who are able to take control of their lives and bring a whole lot of change at such a young age.
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Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all at the same time.
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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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You try to walk in the light.
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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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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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It feels like it's the end of the world if you don't do well on your SATs.
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Brave thoughts, but am I ready to follow through on them?
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Tess, I say. I'm going to head down to the water.I'll be back in a minute. You sure you can make it by yourself? she asks. I'll be fine. I smile. If you see me floating unconscious out to sea,though-by all means,come and get me.
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Tomorrow, I will take on all of these things. I will be unstoppable.
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Clouds suit my mood just fine.
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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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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 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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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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I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars.
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Absolute power is absolute power, no matter what it's called.
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Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.
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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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Now you'll get to see how I can really run a building, darlin. Not even a cracked knee to hold me back, yeah? What a nice birthday present.
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