Wildcard Quotes

“And that’s when I realize that, at the end, we’d all wish for the same thing. Just a little more time.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Every problem has a solution. But after every solution, there's a new problem to tackle, some new challenge to take on. You don't stop after you solve one thing You keep going, you find a new way and a new path, try to do better and create better. tearing something down isn't the end; doing something great, or better, something right, is. Or maybe there isn't such a thing as an end goal at all. You accomplish something, and then you shift, ready to accomplish the next. You keep solving one problem after another until you change the world.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“The mind can make you believe whatever it wants you to believe.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“When the world is murky, guide yourself with your own steady light.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Everything became amazing; then, everything turned awful. Life is always like that - you don't know when you'll suddenly claw your way out of your circumstances, or when you'll go crashing back down into them.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“That's the difference between the real and the virtual. Reality is where you can lose the ones you love. Reality is the place where you can feel the cracks in your heart.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Tearing something down isn't the end; doing something great, or better, something right, is.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Every problem has a solution. But after every solution, there's a new problem to tackle, some new challenge to take on.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I promise I'll miss you forever,' I whisper. 'I promise I'll miss you forever,' he echoes.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Am I ever going to see you again?" Hideo asks him. In his voice is his lost self, the boy who grew up with a silver streak of grief in his hair. And that's when I realize that, at the end, we'd all wish for the same thing. Just a little more time.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“In spite of everything I'd seen and all I knew about what was wrong with the NeuroLink-I'm sad without it. Hideo had created something that changed all of our lives, often for the better. It was a creation that had probably saved my life. And yet, here I am. Maybe I should feel like a hero. But I don't. It's always easier to destroy than create.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You once said that you were tired of the horror in the world," I say. "Well, so am I. We can still find a way to fight it, the right way. We can find a way to do this together.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Maybe we can find a way to move forward, on the same page. We can find a way to be together.
I lean forward into this looking-glass version of our very first meeting. My steady gaze meets his.
"So, I have a job offer for you," I say to him. "Would you like to hear more?”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“People ultimately don’t care about the journey, if the end is worth it.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You are forever a piece of my story. I couldn’t turn my back on you without turning my back on myself. I had to try.” My quiet words hang in the air. “I had to hold out my hand to you.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Maybe I should feel like a hero. But I don’t. It’s always easier to destroy than to create.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Lies are told more easily when you don't see them as lies.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I refuse to believe that he’s nothing more than a monster. I can’t watch him sink like this. I keep going because I need to find that boy again, the beating heart buried underneath his lie. I have to stop him in order to save him. He was once the hand that pulled me up. Now I have to be his.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I'm not going to tell you it's never too late. But, in my experience, it's always the not doing that I regret more.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Zero isn’t real. He is an illusion.
Sasuke Tanaka died a long time ago.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Do great things and challenge the world.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Life is always like that—you don’t know when you’ll suddenly claw your way out of your circumstances, or when you’ll go crashing back down into them.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Sometimes, doing the right thing means making hard decisions along the way.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I lean forward into this looking-glass version of our very first meeting. My steady gaze meets his.
"So, I have a job offer for you," I say to him. "Would you like to hear more?”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“But," I say hoarsely, clearing my throat, "do all these clients—patrons—know how she did this experiment? What it took?"

"Would it matter now, if they knew?" She shrugs at me. "If the end results are this remarkable, would you throw away the research just because the process was unethical? Immoral human experimentation has been around forever, has been performed by your country, by mine, by everyone. You think people don't want the results of this kind of research, regardless of how it's obtained? People ultimately don't care about the journey, if the end is worth it. And what was the price tag here, in exchange for immortality?"

One life.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You told me you never wanted to see me again,

Because every time I see you, it takes everything in me to turn away.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“I lean forward into this looking-glass version of our very first meeting. My steady gaze meets his. "So, I have a job offer for you," I say to him. "Would you like to hear more?”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You are forever a piece of my story. I couldn’t turn my back on you without turning my back on myself. I had to try.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“Word on the street is that those lenses will download a patch that converts them into algorithm lenses on the day of the Warcross closing ceremony. That’s happening in eight days. “Seven days of freedom left,” Asher finally says, voicing what we’re all thinking. “If you want to rob a bank, now’s your chance.” I glance at Tremaine. “Any luck digging up more info about the algorithm itself?”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard

“You once said you were tired of the horror in the world. Well, so am I. We can still find a way to fight it, the right way. We can find a way to do this together.”
― Marie Lu, Wildcard