“ We can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent. 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. He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.… Marie Lu
“ You threw everything away."I bring a hand up to touch her face,to wipe the rain from her eyelashes."Your entire life-your beliefs...Why would you do that for me?"June has never looked more beautiful t… Marie Lu
“ I hope,” he replies softly, “to get to know you again. If you are open to it. There is a fog around you that I would like to clear away. Marie Lu
“ You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my mind, I make a silent promise to my brother's killer.I will hunt you down. I will scour th… Marie Lu
“ You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me."I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools. Marie Lu
“ I’ve been searching a long time for something I think I lost. I felt like I found something when I saw you back there. Marie Lu
“ 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. Marie Lu
“ What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal. Marie Lu
“ Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands,… Marie Lu
“ I have everything I could ever want here, Adelina,” he finally says. “You’ve handed me what feels like the world’s riches, a palace, a life of luxury.” He draws closer. “I get to be at your side. What… Marie Lu
“ I lean my head against my knee and close my eyes. Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much. Marie Lu
“ I smile bitterly at him, then weave an illusion of his face across my own. Raffaele’s expression flickers in surprise for a moment before settling back into its pool of calm. “They may have a hard tim… Marie Lu
“ What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be? Marie Lu
“ I'm not loyal enough to the Republic to stamp that loyalty right on my face. Leave that to June. Marie Lu
