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“Why didn’t you tell me that the foundation you taught me to stand on is made from quicksand?”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Why do you look?” I mutter.

I half expect Magiano to tease me, spitting back one of his sarcastic phrases. But he doesn’t smile. “We are drawn to stories," he says in a soft voice, “and every scar carries one.” He lifts a hand and places his palm gently against the ruined side of my face, covering the scar.

I look down, embarrassed now. Instinctively, I reach up to brush some of my hair over my face—only to remember that I no longer have long locks.

“Hiding it makes you more beautiful,” Magiano says. Then he takes his hand away, exposing my scar again. “But revealing it makes you you.” He nods at me. “So wear it proudly.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“The world’s deadliest mercenaries choose to serve you, the whispers say, because they have yet to meet me.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“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

“So. Tell me, little wolf. Do you want to punish those who have wronged you?”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“It took four years for me to fall in love with him. It only took four pages to stop.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“But anyone who sees your scars before they see you doesn’t deserve you.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

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

“We are drawn to stories,” he says in a soft voice, “and every scar carries one.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“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

“It is better to have an enemy who will fight you in an open field then a lover who will kill you in your sleep.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“Why so surprised, White Wolf?” he murmurs, smiling a little. There is something in the way he says my Elite name, a secret sweetness.
Why so surprised that you are worthy?”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“I will do everything in my power to destroy all who stand in my way.”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

“He wanted to live in a house built on delusion, would rather believe in a million lies than face one truth.
—Seven Circles Around the Sea, by Mordove Senia”
― Marie Lu, The Rose Society

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

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

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

“Everything about Enzo whispers of danger, of murder in the name of righteousness. I'm desperate to pull away. I ache for more. I tremble uncontrollably, caught in the middle.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“I laugh with him. I imagine mixing poison into his tea, then watching his face turn purple and anguished; I picture myself leaning over him, looking on patiently, with my chin resting in my hands, admiring his dying, writhing body as I count out the minutes.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“Embelish your flaws. They will turn into your assets. And if you become one of us, I will teach you to wield them like an assassin wields a knife.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“You have goodness in your heart, but your darkness overwhelms it all; your desire to hurt, destroy, and avenge is more powerful than your desire to love, help, and light the way.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites

“If we’re going to kiss, it has to be book-worthy.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“It’s easy to fall in love, Ben. The hard part comes when you want out.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“In her darkness, she is silent.
In my darkness, she screams.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“But for the first time, I don’t feel like the English language has developed enough letters in the alphabet to adequately express the words I want to say to you.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I am translucent, aquatic. Drifting, aimless. She is an anchor, sinking in my sea. —BENTON JAMES KESSLER”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I hope they laugh at you, Fallon. If people are laughing at you, it means you're putting yourself out there to be laughed at. Not enough people have the courage to even take that step.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.” —Dylan Thomas”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Fate.
A word meaning destiny.
Fate.
A word meaning doom.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9