I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.
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MARIE LU Billions of people will come and go in this world, but there will never be another like you. MARIE LU My name is June Iparis. MARIE LU I am June Iparis, I remind myself. MARIE LU He doesn't know who I am. MARIE LU She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, easily the most breathtaking girl in the room. MARIE LU Even in the dark, I see hints of a smile creep onto her face. “Yeah. You are a smooth talker.... MARIE LU Keep at it, Junebug—someday, you’ll shake the Republic to its very core. You’ll be absolutely ... MARIE LU I feel the pulse of our bond and history and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the retur... MARIE LU Without emotion, what's the point of being human? MARIE LU I took an oath June. I am still bound by that oath. I will die with honor for sacrificing everything... MARIE LU He loves you, really he does. He'd love you even if it destroyed him. He matches you. MARIE LU Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be you... MARIE LU You are a light,” she replies gently. “And when you shine, you shine bright. MARIE LU