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The Golden Lily

Richelle Mead

The Golden Lily is a 2012 urban fantasy young adult novel by New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead and is the second novel of the Bloodlines series. The book follows several teenaged students as they deal with forbidden romances, the Strigoi, and the supernatural in general.

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“Isn’t it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn’t. I did it so I’d have a reason to be around you — one I knew you couldn’t refuse.”

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“What about you, Sage? I know we don't have to worry about you violating the dress code. Did you have fun at your Alchemist spa this weekend?”

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“In fact I was fairly certain there was no one in the entire world quite like Adrian Ivashkov.”

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“Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my chest, my own heart was breaking. On my cheek, the lily reminded me who I was.”

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“I'm not really qualified to install a security system," said Dimitri.
"Really? There's something you can't do?" Adrian's voice was so soft that I could barely hear him, and he was sitting right next to me.”

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“For once, you're going to hear something that doesn't fit into your neat, compartmentalized world of order and logic and reason.”

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“You made your own jean shorts… with a butter knife?”

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“But I’m just going to be out there having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind."

Adrian”

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“I found the candles—atrocious air freshening ones that smelled like fake pine.”

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

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“What… what are you doing?"
"I won't know," he said with a grin. He took a step towards me. "But I'm pretty sure you were doing it too.”

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“He almosted smiled. "There you go again. Why? Why do yo keep helping me?"
There were a million answers on my lips, everything from It's the right thing to do to I don't know. Instead, I said, "Because I want to.”

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“The only thing true about what you just said was the storybook damsel part - and that only because you're pretty enough to be one.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“Every relationship is different. Everyone loves differently.”

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“Nice blouse, Sage,” Adrian told me, deadpan. “It really brings out the khaki in your pants.”

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“The question was which spell did I make? Which did I have time to make?
The answer was eerily simple.
I had time to make all of them.”

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“Okay. But I'm just going to be out there - having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind. You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.”

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“Sage?" Adrian lightly touched my arm, and I jumped at the feel of his fingertips against my skin. "You okay?"
"I don't know," I said softly. "I just thought of something crazy."
"Welcome to my world.”

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