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“Sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“We aren’t normal. This place isn’t normal, and you’re not a player, kid. You’re the glass ballerina—or the knife.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“It would be shame," Jameson commented, "if we were related.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“He smiles.
I smile.
And then he leans down to softly kiss my cheek. Just like always—but completely different this time. His hands remain at his sides, but his eyes slide over every inch of me. I stay so still, trying to keep breathing despite the lack of oxygen in the room.
“Beautiful,” he whispers against my ear, and a shiver runs sweet prickles up my spine. “You still with me?”
I nod.”
― Sarah Adams, The Cheat Sheet

“She stared at the shelf in wonder. Not only did he know she liked the cute bottles, he was giving her options to try. Again. He was giving her the chance to experiment and see what she liked.”
― RuNyx, The Annihilator

“Sometimes history really means nothing when the right people walk into your life.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“Do you want me to get on my knees and beg or something?” “Now that you say it.” She cocks her head to the side, eyes roaming my length. “I wouldn’t mind knowing what you look like on your knees, Shay.”
― Liz Tomforde, The Right Move

“And?” he murmurs.

“And . . . sapphire.” My voice fades into a whisper.

“For the angel of Joy.”

“Joy?” Magiano smiles, gently this time.

“Yes.” I look down, overwhelmed by sudden sadness.
“Because I can see so much of it in you.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“Do I frighten you?" I ask softly.

He seems to think about that. After a while, he leans back and looks skyward. "I don't know," he replies. "But I do know that I may never meet another like you again.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“He cares for you, you know." Violetta turns her head briefly in the direction of the closed doors. "Magiano. I've seen him standing guard outside your door, making sure you aren't having another nightmare or an illusion.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“I have earned my revenge on everyone who hurt me. My father, who tortured me every day - I crushed his chest and his heart. Teren, sick and twisted and mad - I took away his beloved just as he took away mine. Raffaele, who betrayed and manipulated me - I seized control of the prince he loves, and I made sure he watched his prince destroy in my name.

And Violetta, darling, dearest sister who turned her back when I needed her the most. I cast her out. I finally said everything to her that I wanted to say.

I have hurt back.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“Magiano just shrugs. He studies me for a brief moment. What does he see? Then he utters a small laugh. "Just point me in the direction of the royal treasury, Your Majesty," he says, waving a hand in the air. He turns away as he speaks, but not before I catch a hint of sadness on his face. "Then you'll always know where to find me.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“They tell me that you have been crying in your sleep. Do not grieve our separation, my love, for our reunion will come just as swiftly."

-Letter from unknown prisoner, convicted of treason, to fiancee”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“I reach through our tether, and he shudders at my touch.

Do you remember, Enzo? I think sadly. You were the Crown Prince of Kenettra. All you ever wanted was to save the malfettos and rule this nation.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn’t ask for help from you. That you look down on them for needing your help. That you like feeling superior to them. It’s an insult, Emi, to your friends and peers. So don’t be like that. Let us in.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“They believe that objects have souls. The more love you put into one, the more beautiful it becomes.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Death has a terrible habit of cutting straight through every careful line you’ve drawn between your present and your future.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Zooming in on it only makes it blurrier.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Everyone has a different way of escaping the dark stillness of their mind. This, I learned, was mine.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“Death has a terrible habit of cutting straight through every careful line you've drawn between your present and your future. I had a hundred thousand of these lines, and in one day they were severed, leaving me with nothing but a stack of his medical bills and gambling debt. Death didn't even give me somewhere to direct my anger. All I could do was search the sky.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“His gaze lingers on me for a beat longer. "Have you eaten yet?"
Is he asking me to dinner? "No," I say, trying to stay casual.
He takes a dark gray peacoat off the back of a chair and pulls it on. Then he tilts his head over toward the door. "Join me.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“we continue to stand there, unmoving, looking out at the electric glitter of Tokyo, my boots pointed away from the house and toward the city, my heart suspended between one choice and another, unsure where to go next.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

“In spite of everything I'd seen and all I knew about what was wrong with the NeuroLink-I'm sad without it. Hideo had created something that changed all of our lives, often for the better. It was a creation that had probably saved my life. And yet, here I am. Maybe I should feel like a hero. But I don't. It's always easier to destroy than create.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I promise I'll miss you forever,' I whisper. 'I promise I'll miss you forever,' he echoes.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Maybe we can find a way to move forward, on the same page. We can find a way to be together.
I lean forward into this looking-glass version of our very first meeting. My steady gaze meets his.
"So, I have a job offer for you," I say to him. "Would you like to hear more?”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You are forever a piece of my story. I couldn’t turn my back on you without turning my back on myself. I had to try.” My quiet words hang in the air. “I had to hold out my hand to you.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Zero isn’t real. He is an illusion.
Sasuke Tanaka died a long time ago.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You told me you never wanted to see me again,

Because every time I see you, it takes everything in me to turn away.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard