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Did you really just invite Adrian to your room later?" asked Lissa.
Avery shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe. Sometimes we hang out once you guys are all tucked into bed. You aren't going to get jealous, are you?"
"No," laughed Lissa.
"Just curious. Adrian's a good guy."
"Oh?" asked Christian. "Define 'good'." Avery held up her hand and began ticking items off with each finger. "He's devastatingly handsome, funny, rich, related to the queen..."
"You got your wedding colors picked out?" asked Lissa, still laughing.
"Not yet," said Avery. "I'm still testing the waters. I figured he'd be an easy notch on the Avery Lazar belt, but he's kind of hard to read."
"I really don't want to be hearing this," Christian said.


Richelle Mead

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This," Adrian said grandly, "is Blake Lazar."
"It's nice to meet you," she said.
Blake smi...
RICHELLE MEAD So, explain this," Avery said, "You just, what, hang around the Academy all day? Are you trying to r...
RICHELLE MEAD And this must be Avery?"

"Oh, God, no," Cam said. "This is Candy, Mom."

His mo...
J. LYNN I know. But I don't want her (Lissa) to get in trouble." (Rose)
He (Christian) snorted. "But yo...
RICHELLE MEAD Avery: "So I've been doing some thinking."
Cam: "Oh God."
Avery: "Shut up.
J. LYNN Tucker: I'm glad it happened. because then I got to know who you really are.

Clara: Oh ye...
CYNTHIA HAND The Moroi then noticed Adrian's companions and jumped up. He caught hold of Lissa's hand, leaned ove...
RICHELLE MEAD Rose? Is that you?" I peered behind him. Lissa. "What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing ...
RICHELLE MEAD You know what we need?"

"A new plan?" asked Lissa.

"A miracle?" asked Eddie....
RICHELLE MEAD If you want some advice—which I'm sure you don't—you guys should lay off on the magic. Christian...
RICHELLE MEAD Dad?" Jesus asked.
"Yes, son?" God replied.
"What came before colors?" Jesus asked.
"...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS So you're still in love with my brother."

-Wendy Avery
CYNTHIA HAND Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?"
"No"
"No?"
"...
RICHELLE MEAD What's up?" I asked.

You tell me," he said. "You were the one about ready to start making...
RICHELLE MEAD I need you,ʺ said Lissa.
ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.
RICHELLE MEAD Qualities of a Good Nurse: Go," I said.

"1. Doesn't pun on your disability," Isaac said.<...
JOHN GREEN Come on! Don't hold back," Christian said.
"I'm not, " Lissa protested.
"You are too! I'v...
RICHELLE MEAD Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY*
DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry
 DON'T SET...
TRENT REZNOR Jase turned his head to me, brows raised. “If I liked guys—you know, swung that way, I’d get n...
J. LYNN Normal? What's that?"

"How you really look."

"Can you take off all your clothe...
KIERSTEN WHITE Where did you get this?" he asked.
"In a pocket in your coat," said Lila, stretching. "By the w...
VICTORIA SCHWAB Tucker: "Today we ran into a mama grizzly with two cubs at the ridge off Colter Bay and Clara sang t...
CYNTHIA HAND He shrugged. "She might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential—”
"Wild and dis...
RICHELLE MEAD You're next Claire."

She laughed. "Nope, not ready. See, we know about this thing called ...
TONI ALEO Do you really want to know why you lost?” I asked.
“Do you really have an answer?” he cou...
MARIA V. SNYDER What about San Francisco?"
"What about it?"
"Did you like it?"
She shrugged. "It was ...
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Which one are you?" I whispered.
"What?" he asked.
"Are you the good guy, the sweet guy ...
KRISTEN ASHLEY Did the queen offer to let you bring another friend?"
"She did," admitted Lissa. "In particular...
RICHELLE MEAD What in the world is this abomination?”
Lissa, only slightly more tactful, asked, “Adrian, ...
RICHELLE MEAD What is it you’re interested in exactly?” the man asked
slowly. “Just the color?”
...
RICHELLE MEAD How old are you, anyway?' she asked, squinting at him.
There was a pause. At last he said, 'Why...
NATALIE BABBITT She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

You'd probably ki...
RICK RIORDAN SCORPIUS: I can’t quite believe I did that.

ALBUS: I can’t quite believe you did that...
JACK THORNE Wait," I said as Noah slipped a book from a shelf and headed toward the door. "Where are you going?"...
MICHELLE HODKIN It's a secret code," said Calvin. "Girls are not not like boys. If a boy wants to kill you, he says ...
LENORE LOOK May I see you again?" he asked. There was an endearing nervousness in his voice.

I smile...
JOHN GREEN Your fangs are showing, Miss Lyndon."

"Are they?" she asked, reaching up to touch her fac...
JULIA QUINN So," he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, "I've been thinking."
"Yeah...
SARAH DESSEN To be fair to Monica," I said, "what you did to her wasn't very nice either."
"What'd I do to h...
JOHN GREEN (Frances has gotten out of bed again and come to her parents' room...)
'How can the wind have a...
RUSSELL HOBAN Naptime," said Christian, leading her toward the bed.
"I still need a shower."
"Sleep firs...
RICHELLE MEAD Plastic ware," he said slowly, "like knives and forks and spoons?"
I brushed a bit of dirt off ...
SARAH DESSEN Where are you guys getting all of this?" I asked. "What does it matter if I - oh come on."
We'd...
RICHELLE MEAD No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch."
"Good," Sanjit said.
"Good? Why good...
MICHAEL GRANT He then kissed her.

It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked...
EVA IBBOTSON Doran stood on the dais, fists clenched. "All right," he said. "Let's do it, come on. Charge me up."...
DEREK LANDY I couldn't get through this last book."

"He didn't even just skip ahead to read the sex s...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG About time," Christian said. "Lissa and Adrian get the market share on worrying about you, but they'...
RICHELLE MEAD I don't remember you being this reasonable before, " Lissa said.
"It's because everyone has dif...
RICHELLE MEAD Hi,Bas."
"You want to hold him?" Tory asked.
Terrified at the mere thought, Styxx shook hi...
SHERRILYN KENYON The truckers are staring," I said after a few seconds.

It was true. They were. The whole ...
NICK BURD Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms t...
LISI HARRISON Why are you being so nice to me?' I asked her.
'You know,' she said, 'when you say stuff like t...
SARAH DESSEN Then she called Matthew.

He answered, "Where the fuck are you? I've been calling you for ...
ERIC JEROME DICKEY What are my options?"
"You could read obscure poetry while I play the triangle, I suppose. Or w...
MICHELLE HODKIN Why do we have to do this in the middle of the night?” Taylor asked.
“Because we don’t wa...
MICHAEL GRANT Come on, Hathaway," he said, taking my arm. "You can be my partner. Let’s see what you’ve been d...
RICHELLE MEAD I want to have the heart and mind of a queen,” she whispered. “I want it more than anything. But...
KRISTIN CASHORE There was a few seconds' pause. Then Amit said: I meant, what were you thinking just now.

VIKRAM SETH What I like doing best is Nothing."

"How do you do Nothing," asked Pooh after he had wond...
A.A. MILNE Look, this is all very, very weird. Why are you focusing on rumours and urban legends? You haven’t...
DEREK LANDY Guardian Belikov is the princess's guardian now," said Kirova, "Her sanctioned guardian."
RICHELLE MEAD So Jason, in England, do you eat these ‘Farmer burgers?’” Wong Tong asked.
“Farmer burg...
MARK A. COOPER Yeah, well, what are you going to teach me next...how to take over the world?” I asked sarcastical...
JENNIFER PRIESTER I shall report this, and in the meantime the animal can be taken away by one of the porters.’
BETTY NEELS Once he'd asked, "Don't you want to read? There are hundreds of books in the sitting room."
SARAH ADDISON ALLEN I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up.
"Yes," I sai...
SARAH DESSEN She's going to do nothing but try to trick information out of me that I shouldn't be giving her, Mac...
JIM BUTCHER Do you think you might be able to love me someday?" He asked and heard her laugh softly.

...
JASMINE DUBROFF You really love her don't you," she said.
With all my heart."
She looked as sad as I'd eve...
NICHOLAS SPARKS You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It...
TRUMAN CAPOTE He tried to measure his day
by tallying the hours on his wrist.
I wiped it off and called...
KAMAND KOJOURI How do we get there? How did you get here, by the way?' [Will asked].

He heard Halt's dee...
JOHN FLANAGAN When you go,
if you go,
And I should want to die,
there's nothing I'd be saved by
EDWIN MORGAN Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?"

She said, "I...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES Oh. My. God. You're Rose Hathaway aren't you?"

"Yeah." I said with surprise. "Do you know...
RICHELLE MEAD And your excuse?' I asked.
'I'm a sociopath; I don't have to be nice,' Nicky said.
I gave ...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON When we get out of this, let’s go somewhere again. Me and you.”

The tension in her c...
VERONICA ROSSI Since we’re playing that game… I tilted my face up to his and gave him a lovesick gaze.
“...
ILONA ANDREWS You know I can't do that. Pete's probably already spent a ton of money. He's a nice guy. I can't
BREE DESPAIN Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the...
JOHN GREEN Daemon spoke in his language. The lyrical quality of his words made no sense to me.

“Wh...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Good God, you don’t give up.”
“Nope.”
I laughed, couldn’t help it, and his
...
J. LYNN How are we going to get out of here?"
"Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan."
"...
DEREK LANDY I had no idea what humans were capable of. I heard they were crafty, but how are they able to do suc...
PATRICK JENNINGS Besides," said Suriyawong. "This was not a rescue operation."
"What was it, target practice? Ch...
ORSON SCOTT CARD So you'll teach me?" Val asked.

Ravus nodded agin. "I will make you as terrible as you de...
HOLLY BLACK I am with you. I'm not going anywhere."

"Is there anything special you want to see? Paris...
CASSANDRA CLARE How would you feel about sharing your bed?" she asked.
Tristan blinked. "Excuse me?"
"He...
ELIZABETH CHANDLER Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child l...
MARGERY WILLIAMS BIANCO LET’S GO BACK HOME

I can't think about you,
Without smiling.
What I wouldn’...
GIORGE LEEDY where are we going?' I asked.
'I don't know,' he said. 'just driving.'
'But this road does...
BRET EASTON ELLIS Where are we going?" I asked
"I don't know," he said. "Just driving."
"But this road doesn...
BRET EASTON ELLIS What did he do to you?”

“This,” I said, holding up my hand. There was a shattering...
CHELSEA M. CAMERON This is your last chance to do the right thing.'
'Do you want to attack first, or will I?'
DEREK LANDY Didn’t anyone ask you where your parents are?"
"They asked. Especially about my parents."
JUSTINE LARBALESTIER I want to see you.

Know your voice.

Recognize you when you
first come 'ro...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said.

You have others?" Claire asked.<...
RACHEL CAINE I think she loves him," Lissa said. "And love is needing someone.
Love is putting up with someo...
SARAH DESSEN

More Richelle Mead

Where are you guys getting all of this?" I asked. "What does it matter if I - oh come on."
We'd...
RICHELLE MEAD Screw you," I told him in a low voice.
"Are you offering?”
"From what I've heard, there ...
RICHELLE MEAD My muscles informed me they did not want to go through any more exercise today. So I suggest that ma...
RICHELLE MEAD I had a standing arrangement with God: I'd agree to believe in him—barely—so long as he let me s...
RICHELLE MEAD Come on, Hathaway," he said, taking my arm. "You can be my partner. Let’s see what you’ve been d...
RICHELLE MEAD Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party."

"This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I ...
RICHELLE MEAD I like him."

"Like or like?

"Oh, there's a difference?
RICHELLE MEAD The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any ...
RICHELLE MEAD I didn't like having reasonable arguments thrown at me.
RICHELLE MEAD He watched as I slipped one of the shoes on. "You have a guardian angel."
"I don't believe in a...
RICHELLE MEAD I'm really not good with impulse control.
RICHELLE MEAD I fought against her, trying to mount some kind of defense, but it was like fighting Dimitri on crac...
RICHELLE MEAD I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear....
RICHELLE MEAD Taking a deep breathe, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life.
I walked away.
RICHELLE MEAD Well he didn't treat my mother very well. He did some horrible things."
"Like..." I hesitated. ...
RICHELLE MEAD I crossed my arms over my chest. "Are you lost, little girl? The elementary school's over on west ca...
RICHELLE MEAD When I saw you fall..."
"You thought, 'Wow, she's a loser.
RICHELLE MEAD The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember...
RICHELLE MEAD A ghostly smile flickered across his face. "If you weren't so psychotic, you'd be fun to hang around...
RICHELLE MEAD Hey Mason, wipe the drool off your face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it on your own ...
RICHELLE MEAD Lissa and I had been friends ever since kindergarten, when our teacher had paired us up together for...
RICHELLE MEAD You…you got rid of that dress fast," I pointed out between heavy breaths. "I thought you liked it....
RICHELLE MEAD Wow." I hadn't thought Dimitri could be any cooler, but I was wrong. "You beat up your dad. I mean, ...
RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri: "She might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential—"
Rose: "Wild and dis...
RICHELLE MEAD The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless whi...
RICHELLE MEAD The spell. Victor said you had to want me... to care about me... for it to work." When he didn't say...
RICHELLE MEAD He stepped back and threw his arms out.
"I'm always crazy around you Rose. Here, I'm going to w...
RICHELLE MEAD I nearly dropped the plate I held. "You've asked me out tons of times."

"Not really. I've...
RICHELLE MEAD He'd written me up a proposal of why dating him was a sound decision. It had included things like "I...
RICHELLE MEAD Hey, he's awesome. A little unstable, but awesome. We got along great." Adrian opened the door to th...
RICHELLE MEAD Piece of Heaven?"

"No, that other place I'm going to go to for thinking what I'm thinkin...
RICHELLE MEAD I also never would have imagined I'd quote back a church lesson, but when the rest of the crowd stoo...
RICHELLE MEAD Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it...
RICHELLE MEAD Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.
RICHELLE MEAD And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.
RICHELLE MEAD It's okay," I said soothingly. "You're just getting your stride back. Once you're up to full power, ...
RICHELLE MEAD You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able t...
RICHELLE MEAD I sprang toward him with the stake, hoping to catch him by surprise. But Dimitri was hard to catch b...
RICHELLE MEAD What's up?" I asked.

You tell me," he said. "You were the one about ready to start making...
RICHELLE MEAD Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.
RICHELLE MEAD What’s going on?” he demanded.
“The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, ins...
RICHELLE MEAD Most fathers don't threaten to disembowel their daughter's boyfriends."

"That's not true...
RICHELLE MEAD You might not believe this, but there is no one like her at this school."

"Oh I b...
RICHELLE MEAD Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my r...
RICHELLE MEAD What's that?" he asked, when I stood beside him again.

"Halos," I said with a grin. "For ...
RICHELLE MEAD Whatever happened to the dragon?"

I mustered my primmest tone. "He has a name, you know."...
RICHELLE MEAD She says you're not awake until you're actually out of bed and standing up.
RICHELLE MEAD Adrian, I'm on a date. Why are you here? On my car?
RICHELLE MEAD Your... Your aura. It's... amazing. It's shining. I mean, it always shines, but today... Well I've n...
RICHELLE MEAD Then the best thing I can do is—"

He froze. The brown eyes that had been narrowed with...
RICHELLE MEAD Sometimes it's worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination.
RICHELLE MEAD If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.
RICHELLE MEAD Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held.

He was in a precarious pos...
RICHELLE MEAD What If Following Her Heart
Means Rose Could Lose Her
Best Friend Forever?
RICHELLE MEAD Do not do that again," he said stiffly.
"Don't kiss me back then," I retorted.
He stared a...
RICHELLE MEAD He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.
RICHELLE MEAD With a few swift steps, Adrian stood in front of me again. The wall was only a couple inches behind ...
RICHELLE MEAD But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.”
“Already crazy about you, Sa...
RICHELLE MEAD Wait,” he said. “That’s not a word.”

I looked down to where, in a moment of despe...
RICHELLE MEAD Are you in a suit?' I managed at last, my voice choking up. 'You didn’t have to dress up for me.'<...
RICHELLE MEAD Look, Sage. I don't know much about chemistry or computer hacking or photosynthery, but this is some...
RICHELLE MEAD So many details came into focus. The shape of his lips, the line of his neck. “I’m not dangerous...
RICHELLE MEAD My nails dug into his back, and he trailed his lips down the edge of my chin, down the center of my ...
RICHELLE MEAD I’m not a warrior or a goddess,” I said at last.

Adrian leaned closer. “As far as I...
RICHELLE MEAD I won’t lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of m...
RICHELLE MEAD Because I’ve got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding."
RICHELLE MEAD Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it com...
RICHELLE MEAD Really, Sage? A date?”
I sighed. “Yes, Adrian. A date.”
“A real date. Not, like, d...
RICHELLE MEAD You're not as much of a lost cause as she was. I mean, with her, I had to overcome her deep, epic lo...
RICHELLE MEAD I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian Ivashkov.
RICHELLE MEAD I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when ...
RICHELLE MEAD Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my ...
RICHELLE MEAD How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.
RICHELLE MEAD I don't balance you like you need."
"What the hell does that mean?" he exclaimed.
My heart...
RICHELLE MEAD I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actua...
RICHELLE MEAD The center will hold.”

“How do you know?”

“Because we are the...
RICHELLE MEAD My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?"

That uncomfortable feeling was s...
RICHELLE MEAD Hey, if you'd wanted to avoid 'this,' you shouldn't have lured me last night. Now it's too late. You...
RICHELLE MEAD You've always been my equal, Roza.
RICHELLE MEAD We can't..." he told me.
"I know," I agreed.

Then his mouth was on mine again, and t...
RICHELLE MEAD You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can.
RICHELLE MEAD I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.
RICHELLE MEAD Things on the essential list: vodka, Nine Inch Nails, a steady supply of mortal men, and an all-purp...
RICHELLE MEAD Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I’ll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me...
RICHELLE MEAD This college would probably have the same problem as the last one did."
I frowned, "What's that...
RICHELLE MEAD So...Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?"
"Yes."
"Holy shit. Why didn't...
RICHELLE MEAD ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED.
He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that que...
RICHELLE MEAD Dorian used to watch you like a starving man who wants meat. Now he looks at you like he wants secon...
RICHELLE MEAD I stopped. She was bleeding after all. Perfect lines crossed her wrists, not near any crucial veins,...
RICHELLE MEAD How come when mortals want things, their only option is to make a deal with Hell and sell their soul...
RICHELLE MEAD You know I love you, right?” The urge to kiss her goodbye was so strong that I almost broke our ru...
RICHELLE MEAD Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him ...
RICHELLE MEAD How do you feel right now?"
"I hurt like hell."
"You'll feel worse tomorrow."
"So?"<...
RICHELLE MEAD Do you know anything about silent films?"
"Sure," I said. "The first ones were developed in th...
RICHELLE MEAD Ah, well,ʺ said Abe, idly studying his fingertips. ʺI have it on good authority thereʹs going to ...
RICHELLE MEAD A gun I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought. I’d spent...
RICHELLE MEAD Do you know what I see in you now? The usual aura. A steady golden yellow, healthy and strong, with ...
RICHELLE MEAD I see how it is,” I snapped. “You were all in favor of me breaking the tattoo and thinking on my...
RICHELLE MEAD Because I can't help doing it," he said with a shrug. "And hey, if I keep loving you, maybe you'll e...
RICHELLE MEAD Not into older guys, huh?" asked Adrian once we were alone.
"You're imagining things," I said. ...
RICHELLE MEAD You forgot another lesson: Never turn your back until you know your enemy
is dead. Looks like w...
RICHELLE MEAD There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can b...
RICHELLE MEAD You know what we need?"

"A new plan?" asked Lissa.

"A miracle?" asked Eddie....
RICHELLE MEAD Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. S...
RICHELLE MEAD There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.
RICHELLE MEAD I always love seeing what worries you. Strigoi? No. Questionable food? Yes.
RICHELLE MEAD Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, an...
RICHELLE MEAD What hope is there?" I asked. "If even angels fall, what hope is there for the rest of us?
RICHELLE MEAD He's hot like, the kind of hot that makes you stop walking on the street and get hit by traffic.
RICHELLE MEAD You fixed yourself. You didn’t need me.”

“No, Sydney.” My voice was ragged. “I ...
RICHELLE MEAD It’s Adrian Ivashkov logic. Don’t try to understand it. Just roll with it.
RICHELLE MEAD No matter how long or how difficult, we will undo whatever that Moroi boy has done to you."
RICHELLE MEAD Centrum permanebit.
RICHELLE MEAD Whether it's simply some fierce animal joining of mates or a sublime merging of souls, she is mine, ...
RICHELLE MEAD Throughout history, people with new ideas—who think differently and try to change things—have al...
RICHELLE MEAD You're better than this. Better than whatever it is you're going to do now.
RICHELLE MEAD You see something you like?
RICHELLE MEAD I find more peace with you.
RICHELLE MEAD None of the bravado he usually showed was there. I guess there was "usually" and then there was bein...
RICHELLE MEAD What is it you’re interested in exactly?” the man asked
slowly. “Just the color?”
...
RICHELLE MEAD But I couldn't help myself, couldn't help the way I felt as I recalled the bliss and rush of a vampi...
RICHELLE MEAD Abe held my gaze a bit longer and then broke into an easy smile. ʺOf course, of course. This is a f...
RICHELLE MEAD I don’t belong to anyone. I make my own choices."
"And you’re with Adrian," said Dimitri.<...
RICHELLE MEAD Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe—kind of...
RICHELLE MEAD Any life worth living is going to have risks
RICHELLE MEAD You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other.
RICHELLE MEAD I’m not dangerous,” I breathed.

He brought his face toward mine. “You are to me.”...
RICHELLE MEAD I'll just love you whether you want me to or not.
RICHELLE MEAD God might work on mysterious ways, but hell worked on efficient ones.
RICHELLE MEAD Adrian smiled and clasped my hands, taking a few steps toward me. "And as for who you are, you’re ...
RICHELLE MEAD Je t'aime Roza...je serais là pour toi. Je ne laisserais jamais rien t'arriver.
Et je ne laiss...
RICHELLE MEAD What were good and evil, really, but stupid categories? Stupid categories
that restricted peopl...
RICHELLE MEAD Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?"
"Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all t...
RICHELLE MEAD But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"
"To me? Everything.
RICHELLE MEAD I want her to be happy. It's worth sacrificing myself." -Eddie
RICHELLE MEAD He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?"
Hopper could exist in this l...
RICHELLE MEAD and afterward, after it was done, it was too much, and I felt like I was going to... I don't know......
RICHELLE MEAD She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only w...
RICHELLE MEAD Well...I'm on birth control"

I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took sev...
RICHELLE MEAD I should go," I said thickly. "Let me know when you want to start practice again. And thanks for...t...
RICHELLE MEAD Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?"
"No"
"No?"
"...
RICHELLE MEAD Guardian Belikov is the princess's guardian now," said Kirova, "Her sanctioned guardian."
RICHELLE MEAD You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll be like sunshine to me.
RICHELLE MEAD You look confused," said Adrian.
I shook my head and sighed. "I think I'm just overthinking thi...
RICHELLE MEAD They’re waiting for you. Go on in.” Adrian leaned close to Keith’s ear and spoke in an ominous...
RICHELLE MEAD Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good lo...
RICHELLE MEAD I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved yo...
RICHELLE MEAD Who is he?"
"An idiot, said Adrian. "Makes me look like an upstanding member of society.
RICHELLE MEAD Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate ...
RICHELLE MEAD You, know I'm the Queen's favorite great nephew, Well, yeah I'm her only great nephew, but that's no...
RICHELLE MEAD Don't worry, little dhampir. You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll always be like sunshine t...
RICHELLE MEAD You've asked me out tons of times."
"Not really. I've made inappropriate suggestions and freque...
RICHELLE MEAD I know how devastated you must be to miss me, but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony
RICHELLE MEAD That means nothing," said Abe with a shrug. I had a feeling that if I stood and suddenly confessed t...
RICHELLE MEAD Hello," I said stiffly.
His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again."
"Alwa...
RICHELLE MEAD You think that I'm so manipulative and scheming, Miss Sage? It's all for them. For my loved ones fir...
RICHELLE MEAD He smiled willingly. "Well, I always aim to help others in need."
"Yeah," a new voice suddenly ...
RICHELLE MEAD I expected Abe to yell for everyone to shut up or something like that. Of course, Nathan had been tr...
RICHELLE MEAD So, I want to try to spend more time with Dad."
Abe glanced at Rose."You see that?" He said. "N...
RICHELLE MEAD Who are these people?" my mother asked.
"Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enou...
RICHELLE MEAD Well, well, well," I said. "If it isn't the people responsible for unleashing Rose Hathaway on the w...
RICHELLE MEAD Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's p...
RICHELLE MEAD Ah, Belikov," said Abe, shaking Dimitri's hand. "I'd been hoping we'd run into each other. I'd reall...
RICHELLE MEAD I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side ...
RICHELLE MEAD She reached out and touched the bright colors of the cashmere scarf, her face filled with wonder as ...
RICHELLE MEAD Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the lega...
RICHELLE MEAD What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him.
"Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn...
RICHELLE MEAD Don't fight them anymore.I'm going to go with them."
"No. I won't let them take you."
"You...
RICHELLE MEAD Because it gives him and excuse to be around her--without making it look like he gave in first. That...
RICHELLE MEAD You approve?" I asked, spinning around.

He slipped an arm around my waist. "Unfortunately...
RICHELLE MEAD You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all s...
RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri.
I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ...
RICHELLE MEAD I'm sorry."

"Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorr...
RICHELLE MEAD That," I told Tatiana, "is the most fucked-up law I have ever heard.
RICHELLE MEAD As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that h...
RICHELLE MEAD In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you,"...
RICHELLE MEAD What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you wi...
RICHELLE MEAD Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back." He turned away ...
RICHELLE MEAD I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching.
Love, Dimitr...
RICHELLE MEAD Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time.
RICHELLE MEAD You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially her...
RICHELLE MEAD I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did."

I frow...
RICHELLE MEAD If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hai...
RICHELLE MEAD Don't touch her," he growled.
There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had b...
RICHELLE MEAD Checkmate, bitch.
RICHELLE MEAD Damn it," I muttered.

"What?" asked Adrian.

"I hate when you're the sane one...
RICHELLE MEAD You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar...
RICHELLE MEAD Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot realit...
RICHELLE MEAD He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can thre...
RICHELLE MEAD Sweat isn't a bad thing," he said, leaning his head against the wall thoughtfully. "Some of the best...
RICHELLE MEAD It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword."
"I can’t. I can�...
RICHELLE MEAD That's pretty hot," he said.
"Punching me in the eye?"
"Well, no. Of course not. I meant t...
RICHELLE MEAD By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires,...
RICHELLE MEAD Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a...
RICHELLE MEAD what's your name?"
what?" i asked, squinting at the light.
your name." I reconized Dr. Ole...
RICHELLE MEAD Don't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible.
RICHELLE MEAD You were wrong. She really is the new general in town."
I smiled back, hoping he wasn't aware o...
RICHELLE MEAD And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.
RICHELLE MEAD I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...]...
RICHELLE MEAD I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h...
RICHELLE MEAD