Richelle Mead Quotes page 12

“Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave this world.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

“None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes?”

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

“Why the hell would I bring?" she exclaimed. All her anger turned at his presumption. It was a sign of her agitation that she'd sworn.
"Because," he said, face calm, "I can teach you how to stake a Strigoi."
"THE HELL YOU CAN," I said aloud to no one.”

“The love in his eyes was so powerful, I needed to look away. Seth had an amazing grasp of the English language, but there were days when that skill was nothing compared to what he told me in his looks.”

Source: Spirit Bound

“Coming to my rescue?'
'Of course. It's what we do. I rescue you; you rescue me. We just take turns whenever the other needs it.”

Source: Succubus Dreams

“Unbelievable," I said. "First you wanted to hide her away to keep you alive. Now you actually want her out in the world to use her compulsion for your own psycho plans.”

Source: The Fiery Heart

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

“Yeah, I was at the Masquerade of the Damned.”

“Dimitri: "Do not do that again."Rose: "Don't kiss me back then."- Dimitri Belikov & Rose Hathaway (Frostbite)”

Source: Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

“I don’t know, Sage. You threw yourself in the line of pepper spray for me. You must like me just a little bit.” “I— I figured it’d be a shame to ruin your pretty face,” I stammered.”

“Adrian, we hashed this out! Everything's gone perfectly until now. Why would you even think about deviating from the plan?'

'Um, because that's how we roll?”

Source: The Indigo Spell

Richelle Mead book Silver Shadows

Source: Silver Shadows

“My mom beat me up," I informed my reflection. It looked back sympathetically.”

“You did what you did out of love. I can't be mad at you over that. It was stupid, but that's how love is. Do you have any idea what I'd do for you? To keep you safe?”

“Besides, I could hardly complain to the administration that I was being forced to learn magic.”

Source: Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

“Since when do we even play games?”

“Since when don’t we play games? Games of life, games of death. Games of love, of hope, of chance, of despair, and of all the myriad wonders in between.”

I rolled my eyes at the newcomer. “Hello, Carter.”

“Behaviors and feelings rarely line up”

Source: Succubus on Top

“Your truths are worse than your lies.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.”

Source: Succubus Shadows

“We will undo whatever that Moroi boy has done to you."

"You sure about that, Dad? Because he's doneto me.”

Source: Succubus on Top

“Setting out around midnight, I couldn't help shaking my head, "We're the goddamned hottest vampire hunters ever." I muttered.”

Source: The Fiery Heart

Richelle Mead Blood Promise

Source: Blood Promise

“Adrian suddenly made an abrupt turn onto a side street we'd nearly driven past. I jerked upright as he clipped the curb.
"What are you doing? Think about your tires!”

“Did you pick that out?" I asked Dimitri. Honestly, I would have expected him to bend a piece of steel with his bare hands and present her with that.”

Source: The Indigo Spell

“You can live a lifetime in two years.”

Source: The Ruby Circle

“Dimitri: "They weren't supposed to let you in."Rose: "Yeah. Well, I kind of found a work-around."Dimitri: "Of course you did."- Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Spirit Bound)”

Source: Spirit Bound

“No one had ever called me unnatural before, except for the time I put ketchup on a taco.”

Source: Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead Blood Promise

Source: Blood Promise

“Holy crap,” I said. While staring off at Rose and Dimitri, a brilliant flash had caught my eye—a flash on Rose’s finger.
“What’s that?” I exclaimed. “Did you rob Lissa’s crown jewels?”

“I looked back and forth at them in amazement. I didn't know if I was witnessing a fight or foreplay. I wasn't thrilled about either option.”

Source: The Ruby Circle

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Cheaters, I thought.”

“Well, well, well," I said. "If it isn't the people responsible for unleashing Rose Hathaway on the world. You've got a lot to answer for.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“You look too pretty to be useful.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Variant: You look too pretty to be useful."

"Truer words were never spoken.
Source: Bloodlines

“Maybe you're graduating from fireballs to lightning bolts," Adrian suggested. "I bet it'd be a lot like throwing ninja stars. Except, well, you could incinerate people.”

“Being with him after so long, after everything we'd endured… it was like coming home.”

Source: The Indigo Spell

“I looked around at us all: me in my nightgown, Kiyo bare-chested, Dorian in his extravagant robes, and Tim in his Native getup. God, I muttered, standing up, we all look like the village people.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Sleep with Seth Mortensen? Good grief. It was the most preposterous thing I'd ever heard. It was appalling. If I absorbed his life force, there was no telling how long it'd be until his next book came out.”

Source: Storm Born

“He anxiously touched his hair. "I think my hair gel's frozen.”

Source: Succubus Blues

“You will not! It's wrong."
"What, kissing you, or kissing you in Pies and Stuff?”

Variant: We need to get inside. I think my hair gel’s frozen.
Source: The Indigo Spell

“There’s a big difference between death threats and love letters–even if the person writing the death threats still claims to actually love you. Of course, considering I once tried to kill someone I loved, maybe I had no right to judge.”

Source: The Indigo Spell

“Conversation was irrelevant. Only pie mattered.”

Source: Spirit Bound

“It was like having a genie. I'd only get so many wishes.”

Source: The Indigo Spell

“And I could see his internal struggle become an all out war. "It wouldn't have made a difference. Not with Adrian involved," he said….. "I meant it. I won't be that guy Rose. I won't be that man that takes someone else's girlfriend.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“This is a great idea,” said Trey. “You kids should totaly go see that play. Make a whole day of it. Grab some dinner and hang out at the library or whatever it is you do for fun.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

“As amusing as it was to see him lovestruck, we had to stay on track. I snapped my fingers in front of Marcus's face. "Focus," I said.”

Richelle Mead book Silver Shadows

Source: Silver Shadows

“I clung to that spark of hope,
nurturing it into a small flame that
chased some of the shadows in my heart
away.”

“If I propose, you'll know it. For one thing, I'll be hyperventilating.”

Source: The Fiery Heart

“I can understand bitchiness in any language.”

Source: Succubus Dreams

“All right," I managed to say, just before I crumpled to the floor. "Let's see what you've got.”

Source: Gameboard of the Gods

“Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part you have to let go…”

Source: The Fiery Heart

“I secretly wondered if Dimitri's problem might be that he was jealous. He hadn't pulled Lissa aside to yell at her. The thought made me slightly happy, but then I remembered my earlier curiosity about why Dimitri had even wandered by.”

Source: Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

“But it's not the name I'd give to a conqueror of worlds… I would've gone with Thundro or Ragnor. I might just call him Thundro anyway.”