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The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.Marie Lu
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Why can’t I be like that? Why can’t I be the father who just shrugs off the love of his daughter? Why can’t I be the Lead Inquisitor who enjoys watching his pleading victims burn at the stake? Why can’t I be the one who befriends a lonely, lost girl and then casts her out? Why can’t I be the one to strike first, to hit so early and with such fury that my enemies cower before they can ever think of turning on me? What is so great about being good? .Marie Lu
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Enzo inherited a throne. Giulietta relied on her royal blood. Queen Maeve rules Beldain because she was born to it. But true rulers are not born. We are made.Marie Lu
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I have spent my entire life thinking of the Inquisitors as things, soulless creatures. But they are just men. Men can be swayed, and I have the power to do it.Marie Lu
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Desperation brings out the darkness in everyone, " the man said with a shrug.Marie Lu
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They were the flash of light in a stormy sky, the fleeting darkness before dawn. Never have they existed before, nor shall they ever exist again.Marie Lu
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I looked into those eyes and I saw nothing. It was like staring straight into the Underworld. Like he aches to return to where he came from.Marie Lu
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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
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Already, I'm starting to forget the face of the man I killed.Marie Lu
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The world’s deadliest mercenaries choose to serve you, the whispers say, because they have yet to meet me.Marie Lu
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I have earned my revenge on everyone who hurt me. My father, who tortured me every day - I crushed his chest and his heart. Teren, sick and twisted and mad - I took away his beloved just as he took away mine. Raffaele, who betrayed and manipulated me - I seized control of the prince he loves, and I made sure he watched his prince destroy in my name. And Violetta, darling, dearest sister who turned her back when I needed her the most. I cast her out. I finally said everything to her that I wanted to say. I have hurt back.Marie Lu
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What is the point of searching for love, when love is nothing but an illusion?Marie Lu