Richelle Mead Quotes

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“I've heard a lot about you, Rose. Don't worry. It was all good."
"No, it wasn't.”

“Sage," he said. "What are you wearing?"
I sighed and stared down at the dress. "I know. It's red. Don't start. I'm tired of hearing about it."
"Funny," he said. "I don't think I could ever get tired of looking at it.”

“There was a look of woe on his face that was almost comical. Raids, bullets, criminals… no problem. A missing duster? Crisis.”

“Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time.”

“Adrian!" Something inside of me burst. "Will you shut the hell up for five seconds?”

“You've always been my equal, Roza.”

“Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen.”

“I need you,ʺ said Lissa.
ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.”

“Everyone has light around them, except for you. You have shadows.”

“Mmm. O positive, my favorite.”

“And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.”

“I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching.
Love, Dimitri”

“Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.”

“Do you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesn’t inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings.”

“Rose, I'm an addict with no work ethic who is likely going to go insane. I'm not like you. I'm not a super-hero."
"Not yet," I said.”

“It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword."
"I can’t. I can’t leave him alone. I have to protect him."
"You have.”

“He sighed and then focused his eyes right on me. It was like drowning, drowning in seas of green. There was nothing in the world except for those eyes.
"I want to kiss you, Rose," he said softly. "And I want you to want me too.”

“I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian Ivashkov.”

“Taking a deep breathe, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life.
I walked away.”

“I wasn't fooled. He was avoiding looking at me. "There's nothing to talk about."
"I knew you'd say that. Actually, it was a toss-up between that and 'I don't know what you're talking about.'"
Dimitri sighed.”

“I don't care if you say we can't be together. I don't care if you think I'm the most evil, unnatural creature walking on earth. You can think whatever you want, go whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.”

“Under normal circumstances, you inviting me to the bedroom would be the highlight of my day.”

“Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back." He turned away again, and I heard him mutter, "I needdrinks.”

“Ah, those two. In a fight, they’re lethal. Around each other, they melt.”

“I fought against her, trying to mount some kind of defense, but it was like fighting Dimitri on crack.”

“Oh God," I said. "I'm Zmey's daughter. Zmey junior. Zmeyette, even.”

“That's what I was supposed to say…”

“You managed to get him a duster, but you couldn't find me a pair of jeans?”

“I'm really not good with impulse control.”

“Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.”

“You kill me, Rose," he said melodramatically. "Every day is agony without you. Empty. Alone. I pine for you, wondering if you're even still alive.”

“What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you will make me wake up. You'll disappear.”

“You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.”

“The greatest changes in history have come when people were able to shake off what others told them to do.”

“In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has.”

“But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.”
“Already crazy about you, Sage.”

“All the best,
Sydney

P. S. "The Red Hurricane" is what I named the car.
P. P. S. Just because I like you, it doesn't mean I still don't think you're an evil creature of the night. You are.”

“I didn't like having reasonable arguments thrown at me.”

“You should've just gotten a kids' meal.' Adrian told me, pointing to my half-eaten burger and fries. 'You could've saved me a lot of money. And gotten a toy.”

“ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED.
He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that question.”

“Same plan," agreed Dimitri. "You go to the house. You look less threatening."
"Hey!"
He smiled. "I said”

“I like him."

"Like or?

"Oh, there's a difference?”

“Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.”

“I'm backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I'm doing this.”

“As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that he would fight until he collapsed to keep them from taking me.”

“Piece of Heaven?"

"No, that other place I'm going to go to for thinking what I'm thinking.”

“Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.”

“He shook his head. “No. Because there's no one else out there who understands you like I do.”
I waited for more. “That's it? You're not going to elaborate on what that means?”
Those green eyes held me. “I don't think I need to.”

“Mmm. O positive, my favorite.”
“Is it? I thought it was a cabernet sauvignon.”
“So it is,” said Adrian, straight-faced. “My mistake.”