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61 " Don’t be afraid,” I whisper to myself, my eyes squeezed shut. “You can’t afford it. "
― Marie Lu , Prodigy (Legend, #2)
62 " What's right is relative, isn't it? "
63 " I’ve never thought of describing her beauty as delicate, because delicate just isn’t a word that fits June . . . but here, now that she’s sick, I realize just how fragile she can be. Pink cheeks. Small, soft lips against large, closed eyes fringed with the curve of dark lashes. I don’t like seeing her this delicate. "
64 " He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light. "
65 " Our words sound light and almost carefree, but we can both feel the strain behind them. The effort of trying to forget, to push down. The consequence of things neither of us can ever take back. "
66 " We have risked our lives for our country - not the country we live in now, but the country we hope to have. "
67 " We've been through too much to turn into strangers "
68 " (no heels or steel toes, so I can’t use them as weapons) "
69 " Love is illogical, love has consequences. "
70 " hold up a finger. My eyes are fixed on the ground, frozen on a familiar figure who’s cutting his way through the crowd. Thomas. This trot’s tracked us all the way from Los Angeles. "
71 " My limbs turn numb for an instant, and suddenly all I see is Thomas lifting his gun and pointing it at my mother, Thomas beating me to a pulp in a Batalla Hall interrogation room. My vision swims in red. "
72 " He doesn’t reach for my hand. He doesn’t scoot closer to let our shoulders touch, he doesn’t stroke my hair, he doesn’t whisper reassuringly into my ear or rest his head against mine. I hadn’t realized how much I’ve grown to crave these little gestures. "
73 " The elector is young and ambitious, but he is not his father. He wants to fight for you, just as I fight for you, but first you need to give him that chance. And if you put your might behind him and lift him up, he will lift us up. "
74 " You kiss random girls on the street without a second thought. But you won’t even—” “You’re not a random girl on the street,” I snap. “You’re Tess.” Her "
75 " Do you trust Anden?” I say after a moment. “Is he worth saving? Is the Republic worth saving? "
76 " The sight sends both a thrill and a shiver through me, bringing memories that I’ve forced into a closet in my mind, thoughts I need to keep buried if I want to stay focused, keep going. "
77 " And yet, still. "
78 " it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn’t exist. "
79 " I feel invincible, or invisible. One or the other, maybe both. "
80 " That’s why I have to focus, I remind myself. And I can’t do that if I stare into Day’s eyes. "