Quotes from Richelle Mead

Despite his cynical exterior, he had a good heart-and Lissa owned most of it.

Adrian," she interrupted. "Didn't you just say I'm brilliant and always know everything? Then trust me on this." "Always," I said, letting her pull me back down to her. "Always.

Never thought I'd see the day when you'd throw your arms around a vam - someone like me

Because she told me - she was afraid that I was moving in on Adrian." "Really? Did you defend our love?

Dimitri: "Don't look at me like that." Rose: "Like what?" Dimitri: "You've got this look on your face that says you think I'm delusional, but you're too nice to say anything.

What hope is there?" I asked. "If even angels fall, what hope is there for the rest of us?" "There isn't," he said. "We're on our own. And we have to make the choices we think are best for our own survival.

I want to see you in the throes of orgasm ... I want to see your whole body writhing, your lips open as you drink in your own pleasure. Only yours, no one else's. Just you, completely given up to ecstasy.

I looked at you...saw your goodness, your hope, and your faith. Those are what make you beautiful. So, so beautiful.

I thought I'd finally get to relax with Dimitri.

How is Angeline?" asked Dimitri. "Is she improving?" Eddie and I exchanged glances. So much for avoiding her indiscretions. "Improving how exactly?" I asked. "In combat, in following the dress code, or in keeping her hands to herself?" "Or in turning off caps-lock?" added Eddie. "You noticed that too?" I asked. "Hard not to," he said.

I saw something in his pretty green eyes that I had never seen before: Anger. They were like emerald fire

Me, I always wanted frost power." "Frost power?" "Yeah." Seth gestured dramatically toward my coffee table. "If we're talking superhero abilities. If I had frost power, I could wave my hand, and suddenly that whole thing would be covered in ice." "Not frost?" "Same difference." "How would frost and/or ice power help you fight crime?" "Well, I don't know that it would. But it'd be cool.

Where are you going?" he asked. "To break someone's heart," I replied.

My captivity with Dimitri. The way his mouth—so, so warm, despite his cold skin—had kissed mine. The feel of his fangs pressing into my neck and the sweet bliss that followed... He looked exactly the same too, with that chalky white pallor and red-ringed eyes that so conflicted with the soft, chin-length brown hair and otherwise gorgeous lines of his face. He even had a leather duster on.

You're imagining things. Clearly, my stunning beauty has clouded your mind. -Rose Hathaway

It made you happy...

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

What was that you showed Sonya?" Dimitri suddenly joined Rose on the screen. She shot him an amused look. "Easy, comrade. You'll get your chance to lecture them too." "Geez," said Adrian. "How many other people are there lurking off-screen?

His eyes, I'd long since discovered, could be as eloquent and expressive as his pen. The messages they sent me now hardly seemed decent for a public setting.

If someone like you showed up to abduct me, I'd let you.

Maybe I was in love, but I was still me, after all.

Because...Beacause it's so good, and there's only one chance to read a book for the first time, and I want it to last. That experience. I'd finish it in a day otherwise, and that'd be like...like eating a carton of ice cream in one sitting. Too much richness over too quickly. This way, I can draw it out. Make the book last longer. Savor it. I have to since they don't come out that often.

Insane is such an ugly word, a voice in my head said. Think of it as obtaining a new look at reality.

Sydney," Adrian interrupted, cupping my face in his hands. "Never, ever think like that. I don't regret anything we've faced. Being with you is the best thing that's ever happened to me, the one perfect decision I've made in a lifetime of fumbling and poor judgment. I'd go through it all again to be by your side. Never doubt that. Never doubt how I feel about you.