Lu Chen Quotes

Even geniuses can be A class assholes. ~ Justina Chen

Our hearts fill with terror at the thought of harm coming to our loved ones, don't they? You cannot have love without fear. The two coexist. ~ Marie Lu

Childish behavior should only be act out by children, unless you have the mind of a child. ~ Chen

One heroic act doesn't make a man trustworthy. What if he decides to turn his blade on you? ~ Marie Lu

Once upon a time, a prince fell madly in love with a demon from the Underworld. When she disappeared back into the sea, he ached so much for her that he walked into the ocean and never returned.
- Kenettran Folk Tales, various authors ~ Marie Lu

The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest. ~ Chen Shui-bian

My dad, coming from a very traditional family, always wanted me to be a doctor. So he would always ask me, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' And I'd have to say 'Dr. Chen.' ~ Jane Chen

Then he crouches down behind it, motions for Tess and me to sit down, and begins unbuttoning his vest.
I blush scarlet and thank every god in the world for the darkness surrounding us. "I'm not cold and I'm not bleeding," I say to him. "Keep your clothes on."
The boy looks at me. I would've expected his bright eyes to look dimmer in the night, but instead they seem to reflect the light coming from the windows above us. He's amused. "Who said anything about you , sweetheart? ~ Marie Lu

The look he gave me ... My stomach quivered in that exact same way when I watched Before Sunset, yearning for a guy to know me so deeply and truly, we were only really complete when we were together. That I could talk, go on wild tangents, make obtuse references, and he would divine my meaning before I knew what I was trying to say myself. Erik had fallen asleep next to me on the couch, complaining later that the movie was "just people talking." He had no idea that this movie could have been a love letter written for me. ~ Justina Chen

The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought. ~ Chen-Ning Yang

Science has become something that everybody knows he has to pay attention to, but not everybody is a believer. So I don't think we should equate science with religion. But, that science is progressively playing a more and more important part in the life of every individual is obvious. ~ Chen-Ning Yang

I'm born and raised in New York. I've lived between New York and New Orleans for the last 16 to 17 years. ~ Perry Chen

I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them. ~ Marie Lu

A graduate student who is still learning courses is not really taking a maximum advantage of a research university's offerings. He should already be finished with course-taking, as he would then be able to shape his own taste about what is a good subject for research work in the graduate school. ~ Chen-Ning Yang

Whenever I see people in difficulty, I just try to help them. In fact, I believe I have helped over 700,000 people in my life. ~ Chen Guangbiao

Mom used to say that having three boys was kind of like having a pet tornado that talked back. ~ Marie Lu

Souls aren't discrete units - or even units at all. They're more like reflections of consciousness in a fractured mirror. ~ Colleen Chen

I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice. ~ Chen Guangcheng

I laugh with him. I imagine mixing poison into his tea, then watching his face turn purple and anguished; I picture myself leaning over him, looking on patiently, with my chin resting in my hands, admiring his dying, writhing body as I count out the minutes. ~ Marie Lu

The law of right-left symmetry was used in classical physics but was not of any great practical importance there. One reason for this derives from the fact that right-left symmetry is a discrete symmetry, unlike rotational symmetry, which is continuous. ~ Chen-Ning Yang

We can't save the world..."

"But still we try anyway... One day at a time. ~ Marie Lu

Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all. ~ Chen Guangbiao

You, my righteous little sister? You left me to suffer our father alone. Do you know what it was like for me, to lie bleeding on the floor, while he showered you with dresses in the next bedchamber? Do you know what it was like for our father to threaten to kill me, and then for me to murder him in return? No, you don't. You stand on the sidelines and wait for me to do your dirty work. You hide in the shadows so that I can bleed for you. You give me your pitiful look when I kill, but you do not stop me. And now you judge me for that? ~ Marie Lu

Once every ten years, the three moons all fall under the world's shadow and turn scarlet, bleeding with the blood of our fallen warriors. - The New Atlas to the Moons, by Liu Xue You ~ Marie Lu

What do you have in mind?" I put my hands in my pockets and put my arrogant mask back on. "What I've always been good at. ~ Marie Lu

I stand in the darkness for a long time, letting myself sink into the memories we once shared. ~ Marie Lu

What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it? ~ Justina Chen

Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest. ~ Chen Shui-bian

I understood now: how nothing looked more beautiful than that scar of his, that borderline that separated what Jacob could have been had he stayed in that orphanage from who he is. ~ Justina Chen

Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better. ~ Justina Chen

You try to walk in the light. ~ Marie Lu

I have to rub my eyes and read the captions again. They're still there. The Elector has freed Eden. ~ Marie Lu

Someday, someone out there will see you for the girl you really are. Someday, you'll find someone who understands you. ~ Marie Lu

Some aim to be deft, others to be laboriously careful. Neither dexterity nor conscientiousness is enough. ~ Chai Lu

What is worse-- a world where Hideo fights against violence, or a world where Zero fights using it? ~ Marie Lu

Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude. ~ Lu Xun

What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than on mutual self respect? ~ Justina Chen

Already, I'm starting to forget the face of the man I killed. ~ Marie Lu

We are doomed to be forever young. ~ Marie Lu

Wait!"
What?" I lowered my cup hastily, wondering if maybe there was a stray hair, or worse, a newly boiled bug inside my cup.
You got to smell it first. It's the proper way to cup coffee."
Cup coffee?"
Taste it."
What? Are you the coffee police or something? ~ Justina Chen

The first words that are read by seekers of enlightenment in the secret, gong-banging, yeti-haunted valleys near the hub of the world, are when they look into The Life of Wen the Eternally Surprised.
The first question they ask is: 'Why was he eternally surprised?'
And they are told: 'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'
The first words read by the young Lu-Tze when he sought perplexity in the dark, teeming, rain-soaked city of Ankh-Morpork were: 'Rooms For Rent, Very Reasonable.' And he was glad of it. ~ Terry Pratchett

There are forces out of your control that will shape you into who you are. ~ Marie Lu

I believe the only way we'll be able to solve infant mortality - and other huge social problems - is by designing solutions for those with the greatest intent to carry it out. ~ Jane Chen

Researching Alaska, I loved the blurred line between history and Inuit folklore. This is an old land where the sun permanently sets for months on end, where dogs pull sleds across hundreds of miles of snow and ice, and where colorful sheets of light dance in the sky
the facts already feel magical. ~ Marie Lu

Watch your back, little wolf, they say. Enemies arise from unexpected places. ~ Marie Lu

I found a secret place," he whispers. His hand finds mine under the water, tugging on my wrist. "Come with me."
I'm unable to suppress a laugh. "Where are you taking me?" I say in a mock scolding voice.
"I'll beg your forgiveness later, Your Majesty," he teases back, flashing me a grin as he pulls us toward the far end of the pool. ~ Marie Lu

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents. ~ Joan Chen