“We can take her. Besides, he deserves someone who doesn't shop at Gap Kids. -Rose to Lissa on Mia and Aaron”

“Back to prison. Maybe if you fake a heart attack, I can make a break for it. (Rose Hathaway says to Lissa Dragomir)”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

“Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.”

Chuck Palahniuk Snuff

“Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him… even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven… Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.”

Mercedes Lackey book The Wizard of London

“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”

André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.”

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

“I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

“Rose only hangs out with guys and psychopaths," said Mia.

"Well," he said cheerfully, "since I'm both a psychopath and a guy, that would explain why we're such good friends.”

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

“Just because I don't deserve her doesn't mean I won't fight to keep her.”

Elizabeth Hoyt (1970) American writer