Marie Lu, Champion

"Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us."

"I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives."

"I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars."

"Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the uncertainty of strangers."

"June laughs. "I have to say, you look better than most people I see. I've heard a lot about you.""I hear about you a lot too,"Eden replies in a rush, "mostly from Daniel. He thinks you're really hot."

"Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all at the same time."

"I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars."