“ My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up. Any barrier I might've succeeded in putting up around myself, any resistance I might've bui… Marie Lu
“ Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don't care what anyone else thinks. Marie Lu
“ I certainly don't understand all these strange new feelings inside me--am I here because I love him, or because I owe him? Marie Lu
“ June will break your heart. I can see it already. She'll shatter you into a million pieces. Marie Lu
“ Someone's going to be very pleased to see you.""I don't think the Elector will be as excited as you think.""I wasn't talking about the Elector."My heart jumps at that. Marie Lu
“ I've never thought of describing her beauty as delicate, because delicate just isn't a word that fits June... but here, now that she's sick, I realize just how fragile she can be. Marie Lu
“ Day will move on and live his life. So will I. We will be okay. Someday, perhaps in the far and distant future, we'll find each other again. Marie Lu
“ Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart. Marie Lu
“ I want to fall into the purity that is Day, soaking in his simple honesty, his heart that sits open and beating on his sleeve. Marie Lu
“ You still belong on the other side of the looking glass. Someday, when you're ready to take the step over to our side, I'll come see you again. Live well, Daniel. Make that final step count. Marie Lu
“ It’s you,” he whispers. There is wonder in his voice. “Is it?” I whisper back, my voice trembling with all the emotions I’ve kept hidden for so long Marie Lu
“ Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it. Marie Lu
“ I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic. Marie Lu
