The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.


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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
The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain...
MARGARET 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
Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinit...
MARGARET MEAD
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment...
MARGARET MEAD
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut...
MARGARET MEAD
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the w...
MARGARET MEAD
Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or ano...
MATT MEAD
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are gro...
MARGARET MEAD
Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.
MARGARET 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
At some point, if you don't take care of the roads today, it's like any other maintenance is...
MATT 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
The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason ...
MARGARET MEAD
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the ...
MARGARET MEAD
The suffering of either sex -- of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared,...
MARGARET MEAD
Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, inc...
MARGARET MEAD
No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe th...
MARGARET MEAD
Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEAD