Richelle Mead Quotes page 9

“Adrian sighed. "I knew you staying out of trouble was too good to be true.”

Source: Shadow Kiss

“If not for me being stoned and clinging to a taco, it would have been terribly romantic.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“I tried to dredge up the same reaction other girls had around Marcus, but nothing happened. No matter how hard I tried, I just didn't have that same attraction His hair was too blond, I decided. And his eyes needed a little more green.”

Source: Succubus on Top

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

“I followed along because really, it was hard to say no to Dimitri Belikov about anything.”

Richelle Mead book Silver Shadows

Source: Silver Shadows

“Sorry, Ms. Terwilliger. I'm flattered that you think I'm such an upstanding person, but I'm already caught up in one epic battle of good versus evil. I don't need another.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

“It doesn’t matter,” said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. “Some things are worth the trouble.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Variant: It doesn't matter,” said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. “Some things are worth the trouble.
Source: The Indigo Spell

“I'm telling you, I wanted to. But I was trapped. You of all people should know what it's like being caught between groups”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

“You can't save everyone, though God knows you try.”

“Of course they didn't give us this much, Sage. But I had to make sure I nailed my first assignment. Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try.”

Source: Shadow Kiss

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

“Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. 'I need a coffee shop or something.'
'I think I saw one in a cave down the road,' I said.
That almost got a smile from her.”

“"God help me," I murmured.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

Richelle Mead book The Fiery Heart

Source: The Fiery Heart

“I couldn’t help it,” I said, knowing how lame that sounded. It was as bad as Angeline’s “it’s not my fault” mantra.”

Richelle Mead book The Fiery Heart

Source: The Fiery Heart

“The Alchemists’ beliefs are my beliefs,” I say quickly.

She arched an eyebrow. “Are they? I would hope your beliefs would be your beliefs.”

I’d never thought about it that way before, but I suddenly hoped desperately that her words were true.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

“I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world. When he wasn't there, the moments were agony.”

“This is insane," I said blankly. "I'm the instrument of an all-powerful primordial deity's wave of chaos and destruction."

"That's kind of extreme" said Dante jovially. "It's not like you work for Google or anything.”

Source: Blood Promise

“You used your power to toss one rock at me?" he exclaimed, an almost comic note of incredulity in his voice.
"On the contrary," I heard Dorian say pleasantly. "I didn't use magic for that. I just threw it.”

Source: Succubus Dreams

“Rose and Dimitri moved almost as one entity, like a matched pair of wolfes or lions, both wary and deadly as they studied their surroundings, taking no detail or person for granted.”

Source: Storm Born

“I'm sure. But it doesn't work with me. for one thing, you won't look me in the eye. As for the other… I don't know. I can just tell.”

Source: Adrian's Lost Chapter

“Dimitri should have been here with me. That's how it was supposed to have been.”

Source: Shadow Kiss

“For a moment, staring down and realizing what I'd just done, I wanted to throw myself in after him, because surely there was no way I could go on living now.”

Source: Spirit Bound

“Those who have to ask if faith is true are opening up a discussion they may not be ready for.”

Source: Blood Promise

“The future is always changing. If we had no choices, there'd be no point in living.”

Source: Shadow Kiss

“I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later.”

Source: Shadow Kiss

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

“Turning away, I stared at the long road winding off ahead of me.

I sighed. This trip might take awhile.
"Then start walking, Rose," I muttered to myself.

I set off, off to kill the man I loved.”

“Why not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?”

Source: Shadow Kiss

“My wife, ladies and gentlemen. Beauty, brains, and now brawn.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Do you believe in fairy tales?"
"What… what kind of fairy tales?"
"The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on.”

Source: The Ruby Circle

“You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth. You have no clue of how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.”

Source: Blood Promise

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

“Howʹd you get here?ʺ I asked.
She winked. ʺYouʹre not the only ones who can steal cars. Or, in my case, get people to ‘willinglyʹ lend them.”

“Rose: "Did you hotwire this car? Did you steal this car?"
Dimitri: "You have an interesting set of morals. Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged."
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Last Sacrifice)”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Jesse: " Hey Rose, welcome back. Still breaking hearts?"
Rose: " Are you volunteering?”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Most good things come with the risk of something bad.”

Source: Vampire Academy

“Sunshine had never tasted so sweet as it did at that moment.”

Source: Succubus Blues

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

“She heard Adrian say to Christian, ʺYou know, your shirtʹs kind of grungy-looking. Seems like you could put in a little more effort since youʹre dating a princess.ʺ”

“You're burned into my mind forever. There is nothing, nothing in this world that will ever change that.”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Is it possible to specialize in more than one element?"
She laughed and shook her head. "No. Too much power. No one could handle all that magic, not without losing her mind."
Oh. Great.”

Source: Blood Promise

“It's okay," said Adrian breezily. He rested his arm casually on the table. "I don't really need a job or extra money. After Rose and I get married, the kids and I'll just live off of her guardian paycheck.”

Source: Vampire Academy

“You're beautiful in battle…. Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven."

"Funny. That is kind of why I'm here."

"Angels fall, Rose.”

Source: Spirit Bound

“My god, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them? When you stand in the light. They're amazing… like molten gold. I could paint those… They're beautiful. You're beautiful.”

Source: Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

“She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause…. "That I do still love you.”

“She accused me of wearing pants from the salvation army."
"Rose, your pants ARE from the salvation army."
"That's SO not the point!”

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Statistics show that most mortals sell their souls for five reasons: sex, money, power, revenge, and love. In that order.”

Source: Vampire Academy

“Adrian's new research partner stepped through the door, and I knew the uneasy peace we'd just established in Palm Springs was about to shatter.

Dimitri Belikov had arrived.”

Source: Succubus Blues

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

“You’re better than this, Adrian. Whatever the reason, you’re better than it. Don’t trick yourself into thinking you’re weaker than you are”

Richelle Mead book Silver Shadows

Source: Silver Shadows

“Promises. I was drowning in promises.”

“You're beautiful, Roza. So beautiful it hurts me.”

Source: Blood Promise

“Happy Birthday."
Adrian came to a sudden halt. The words were soft and small, spoken tentatively, but easily discerned by vampire ears. Slowly, he turned around and found Jill Mastrano standing shyly before him.”

Last Sacrifice
Variant: You're so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.
Source: Vampire Academy

“Sitting beside Abe was Adrian Ivashkov--my more-or-less boyfriend. Adrian was a royal Moroi--and another spirit user like Lissa. He'd been crazy about me (and often just crazy) ever since we first met”

Source: Adrian's Lost Chapter

“Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and—oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point.”

Source: Spirit Bound