Quotes by : Marie Lu

They were the flash of light in a stormy sky, the fleeting darkness before dawn. Never have they existed....

Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending....

Maybe his nightmare had been about me.

But you can’t give them everything they want—they will always want more than they have.

Like fear and fury. It is energy from another realm, threads from beneath the sur­face, an immortal....

Day leans in toward me. He reaches up to touch my face. I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers,....

The king is dead. Long live the queen.

Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet.

I smile bitterly at him, then weave an illusion of his face across my own. Raffaele’s expression flickers....

Already, I'm starting to forget the face of the man I killed.