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Marie Lu (born Xiwei Lu) is an American young adult author. She is best known for the Legend trilogy, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future. The novels form the basis of a movie to be produced by Lionsgate.

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So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn’t have. That’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you shouldn’t have to be everything to me. I had you, but I’d forgotten that I had myself too.

Felt, June, Might, Sorry, Take

My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind.

Hope, Humble, Mother, Rise, Think, Thinking

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 the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine.

Against, Brother, Cheat, Deceive, Lying, Running

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.

Away, Clear, Fog, Know, Open, You Again

If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system. That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.

Leadership, Powerful, Rebel, Rebelling, System

The boy who walks in the light.

Boy, Boys, Light, Walks

Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel. " "Hi," I reply. "I'm June.

Daniel, June, Reply, Says

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.

Felt, Long, Saw, Saws, Thinking, Time

I'd once been fascinated by his legend - all the stories I'd heard before I met him. Now I can feel that same sense of fascination returning. I picture his face, so beautiful even after pain and torture and grief, his blue eyes bright and sincere. I'm ashamed to admit that I enjoyed my brief time with him in his prison cell. His voice can make me forget about all the details running through my mind, bringing with it emotions of desire, or fear instead, sometimes even anger, but always triggering something. Something that wasn't there before.

Anger, Beautiful, Eyes, Pain, Running, Sincere

June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.

Beautiful, Doe, June, Looked, Unadorned, Vulnerable

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. He is my light.

Boys, Clothes, Eye, Eyes, Heart, Nothing

Then he crouches down behind it, motions for Tess and me to sit down, and begins unbuttoning his vest. I blush scarlet and thank every god in the world for the darkness surrounding us. “I’m not cold and I’m not bleeding,” I say to him. “Keep your clothes on. ” The boy looks at me. I would’ve expected his bright eyes to look dimmer in the night, but instead they seem to reflect the light coming from the windows above us. He’s amused. “Who said anything about you , sweetheart?

Boys, Crouches, Eye, Eyes, Night, Scarlet

I've always been interested in exploring the concept of child prodigies. When I was younger, I wrote a story about Mozart as a child and I just always loved this idea of young people who are able to take control of their lives and bring a whole lot of change at such a young age.

Bring, Children, Control, Ideas, Mozart, People

I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.

Flee, Life, Running, Shadows, Tired, Years

I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them.

Cheerfully, Faces, Grin, Pretty, Republic, Steps

I don't like seeing her this delicate.

Delicate, Like, Seeing

Tess," I say. "I'm going to head down to the water. I'll be back in a minute. " "You sure you can make it by yourself?" she asks. "I'll be fine. " I smile. "If you see me floating unconscious out to sea,though-by all means,come and get me.

Down, Mean, Minute, Sea, Water

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, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together. “Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel. ” “Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.

Eye, Hand, Hands, June, Linked, Magic

You try to walk in the light.

Light, Trying, Walk, Walks

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.

Eye, Fool, Hand, Hands, Like, Stay

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