Kiran

“Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“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.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“He loves so wholly. It is his nature. He blinks, then tries to find the right response. "I-" he stumbles. "I'm so afraid, June. So afraid of what might happen to-" I put two fingers against his lips to hush him. "Fear makes you stronger," I whisper. Before I can stop myself, I put my hands on his face and press my mouth to his.”
― Marie Lu, Champion