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The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2) QUOTES

The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2) QUOTES

1 " 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 (The Young Elites, #2)

2 " Fear motivates, more than love or ambition or joy. Fear is more powerful than anything else in the world. I have spent so long yearning for things—for love, for acceptance—that I do not really need. I need nothing except the submission that comes with fear. I do not know why it took me so long to learn this. "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

3 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

4 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

5 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

6 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

7 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

8 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

9 " Already, I'm starting to forget the face of the man I killed. "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

10 " The world’s deadliest mercenaries choose to serve you, the whispers say, because they have yet to meet me. "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

11 " 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 , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

12 " What is the point of searching for love, when love is nothing but an illusion? "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

13 " 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 (The Young Elites, #2)

14 " The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.
—Masquerade, by Salvatore Laccona "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

15 " We are drawn to stories,” he says in a soft voice, “and every scar carries one. "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

16 " 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 (The Young Elites, #2)

17 " Why feel guilty for something that isn't your fault?
Because I loved him. And now he is gone. "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

18 " None of it was your fault, the whispers in my head argue. You didn't kill him, after all -- it was not your blade that ended his life. So why are you the one cast out? You didn't have to return to the Daggers -- you didn't need to help them rescue Raffaele. And still they turned on you. Why does everyone forget your good intentions, Adelina? "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

19 " For a fleeting moment, I imagine that if I were queen, I could make the act of hurting malfettos a crime. I could execute this boy's pursuers with a single command. "

― Marie Lu , The Rose Society (The Young Elites, #2)

20 " 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 Young Elites, #2)