Walter Russell Mead quote: "We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power."

It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an u...
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There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress ...
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure ...
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither...
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The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to m...
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Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated t...
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This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then A...
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You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane - not all of these were invented in t...
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD

Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, i...
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD

Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse ...
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD

When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could...
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD

When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by the illusions of our senses.
WALTER RUSSELL

Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.
WALTER RUSSELL

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
WALTER RUSSELL

A lot of us have our own telescopes. One of the things we like to do is go out someplace dark and se...
WALTER RUSSELL

Getting an observatory here had been a goal of the club for 30 years. It's a privilege to be associa...
WALTER RUSSELL

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to ...
MARGARET MEAD

Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
MARGARET MEAD

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.
MARGARET MEAD

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil a...
MARGARET MEAD

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home...
MARGARET MEAD

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. ...
MARGARET MEAD

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.
MARGARET MEAD

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare ...
MARGARET MEAD

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be wom...
MARGARET MEAD

What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
MARGARET MEAD

Women should be permitted to volunteer for non-combat service, they should not be accepted, voluntar...
MARGARET MEAD

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any g...
MARGARET MEAD

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump; you have to get it right the first time.
MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is t...
MARGARET MEAD

I've been married three times -- and each time I married the right person.
MARGARET MEAD

The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilizati...
MARGARET MEAD

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.
MARGARET MEAD

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
MARGARET MEAD

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.
MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's ...
MARGARET MEAD

Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.
MARGARET MEAD

Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
MARGARET MEAD

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any ...
MARGARET MEAD

We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.
MARGARET MEAD

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamu...
MARGARET 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.
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Wow." I hadn't thought Dimitri could be any cooler, but I was wrong. "You beat up your dad. I mean, ...
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Dimitri: "She might be wild and disrespectful, but if she has potential—"
Rose: "Wild and dis...
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The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless whi...
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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

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it i...
MARGARET 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

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
MARGARET 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."...
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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?
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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

Coming to terms with the rhythms of women's lives means coming to terms with life itself, accepting ...
MARGARET MEAD

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elder...
MARGARET MEAD

Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and auto...
MARGARET MEAD

Our humility rest upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinite...
MARGARET MEAD

When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate ...
MARGARET MEAD

People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky...
MARGARET MEAD

The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a...
MARGARET MEAD

A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to t...
MARGARET MEAD

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as e...
MARGARET MEAD

One of the oldest human needs is having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at nig...
MARGARET MEAD

If we want to make something really superb on this planet, there is nothing whatever that can stop u...
SHEPHERD MEAD

Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read, it merely records the degree of ...
MARGARET MEAD

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With n...
MARGARET MEAD

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire.
MARGARET MEAD

If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would I want my government to be bl...
MARGARET MEAD

Each home has been reduced to the bare essentials -- to barer essentials than most primitive people ...
MARGARET MEAD

The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, ...
MARGARET MEAD

The negative cautions of science are never popular. If the experimentalist would not commit himself,...
MARGARET MEAD

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's ...
MARGARET MEAD

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the las...
MARGARET MEAD

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, i...
MARGARET MEAD

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at...
MARGARET MEAD

He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.
RICHELLE MEAD

Young people are moving away from feeling guilty about sleeping with somebody to feeling guilty if t...
MARGARET MEAD

With a few swift steps, Adrian stood in front of me again. The wall was only a couple inches behind ...
RICHELLE MEAD

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment
MARGARET MEAD

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must ha...
MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is...
MARGARET 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

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.
MARGARET MEAD

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate inform...
MARGARET MEAD

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
MARGARET MEAD

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by ...
MARGARET MEAD

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
MARGARET MEAD

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
MARGARET MEAD

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who e...
MARGARET MEAD

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
MARGARET MEAD

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever...
MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it...
MARGARET MEAD

We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.
MATT 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

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

We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.

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We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.

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