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“I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here.
I love you, always.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

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

“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.”
“Hi,” I reply. “I'm June.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense he has against my words. He loves so wholly. It is his nature.”
― Marie Lu, Champion