Marie Lu

"He is beauty, inside and out.He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.He is my light."

"Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me."

"Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it."

"Day leans in toward me. He reaches up to touch my face. I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers, and his nails are dark with dried blood. "You're brilliant," he says. "But you're a fool to st…"

"Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the uncerta…"

"I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives."

"The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces."

"I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars."