Victoria > Victoria's Quotes

“Embellish your flaws. They will turn into your assets.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“But true rulers are not born. We are made.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“Everyone has darkness inside them, however hidden.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“He is beauty, inside and out.
He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.
He is my light.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“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.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, so she destroyed them all.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“Sorry, always sorry. What in the world can you buy with an apology?”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“I pledge myself to the Rose Society until the end of my days, to use my eyes to see all that happens, my tongue to woo others to our side, my ears to hear every secret, my hands to crush my enemies. I will do everything in my power to destroy all who stand in my way.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“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, Champion

“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, Champion

“If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“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, Legend

“It hurts every day, the absence of someone who was once there.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“The memory fades, and I’m left hanging on to the ghosts of his
words.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“You try to walk in the light.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“See?" she says. "tricked you. You're always staring at your opponents eyes-but that gives you a bad peripheral view.If you want to track my arms and legs, you have to focus on my chest."
I raise my eyebrow at that. "say no more.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“Idiotic reply, June. Why don't you punch him in the face while you're at it. I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“(A)ll it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn't exist.”
― Marie Lu, Prodigy

“Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“No. I'm not broken easily. I will never break.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites