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Meaning
The speaker feels she is expected to hold anger, but is pulled in a different direction by the other person's gaze. The line suggests conflict between duty or resentment and an unexpected attraction or emotional pull.
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Originally said in English.
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About Marie Lu
American young adult science fiction and fantasy author
Marie Lu is an American young adult science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for the Legend series and for several other novels aimed at younger readers. Her work includes the dystopian, militarized world of Legend, along with the Young Elites series, the Warcross series, and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons series. Her writing is associated with speculative fiction, especially stories set in imagined futures and focused on conflict, power, and survival.
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Books by Marie Lu
Warcross
2017
Prodigy
2013
Legend
2013
Nightwalker
2018
Wildcard
2018