A biography for Marie Luhasn’t been written yet.
“I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it into the story. I tell myself I'll worry about untangling it later. I'm glad no one sees my first drafts except for my poor editor and agent.”
“One heroic act doesn’t make a man trustworthy. What if he decides to turn his blade on you?”
“When I first came over to the States, I started writing, I think, as a way to help myself learn English. I would start stapling together little booklets for myself.”
“I can't write when it's silent. But the music can't have lyrics.”
“I'm fascinated by young people who do extraordinary things.”
“No. I cannot let him control me.You are mine, Adelina, Enzo growls. Turn your powers against your own fleet.”
“We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers and ballet slippers on their covers, war machines and glittering gowns.”
“Movies require so many moving pieces to align that it really is a miracle that anything is made!”
“But every now and then, when I steal a glance at the Girl, or feel her eyes on me, I helplessly drift back to thinking about her.”
“So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn’t have. That’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you shouldn’t have to be everything to me. I had you, but I’d forgotten that I had myself too.”
“So long as I remain in Day's life, I will hurt him. Any other alternative is impossible.Now, he is free.”
“I had an erroneous idea that writing a duology would be simpler than writing a trilogy because I would get to cut out the middle book. It turns out it was actually harder because 'Wildcard' became this combination of having to write a book two and three at the same time.”
“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.”
“I had a wonderful fan who once sent me an alpaca hat all the way from Peru, where he'd gone to volunteer in a remote village because he was inspired by 'Legend' to do good. That's probably one of the sweetest fan moments I've experienced.”
“June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.”
“No. I will never let you hurt Day like that. Not the way I've already hurt him.”
“Everything's science fiction until someone makes it science fact”
“You have goodness in your heart, but your darkness overwhelms it all; your desire to hurt, destroy, and avenge is more powerful than your desire to love, help, and light the way.”
“I receive emails from readers that both break my heart and give me a profound sense of connection. Several months ago, I received an email from a teacher who told me that 'Legend' was the first book one of her troubled young students had ever read to the end. He cried when he finished it. Stories like that stay with you forever.”
“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.”