Quotes from Richelle Mead

Aren't we all alone?" I asked with a rueful smile. "Yes. I think in the end, we all are, no matter what the songs and happy stories say. I guess it's just a matter of who we choose to be alone with." "That's why I come here, you know. To be alone with other people. There's isolation in a crowd. You're hidden. Safe.

You must not have played chess in a while. The king is the weakest piece in the game." He gave Justin a level look. "The queen's the strongest.

Adrian." I laid my hand over his an felt a warm spark of connection. He jerkedd his head toward me in astonishment. "Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a longe time... and it's all good." Adrian looked away form me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. "Sorry." I'd probably freaked him out. He glanced back up at me. "Best thing that's happened to me all day. Let's hit the road.

There are good and bad sides to everything. We just have to balance them as best we can.

You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again.

And he has so much, Sydney. So much feeling. He feels everything so strongly— love, grief, anger. His emotions are up and down, all over the place.

Do not even suggest jazz. I saw Newsies and was traumatized for, like, five years.

Nah. I helped when I ate everything on my plate. No mess that way." He paused. "And yes, you're welcome.

Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.

For a moment, all I could think of was my cousin Peter. He was twice my age—and married. By the rules of decent, he would be the one to inherit the Rothford title if I died without children. Whenever he was in town, he'd stop by and ask how I was feeling

A princess of her people has no business sitting off to the side while her people are in danger.

She shook her head and almost laughed. 'My reaction was a little stronger than 'crap,' Rose. Do you have any idea what you've done?

And I know this sounds like another bullshit breakup line, but I really would like to be your friend.

I felt nerdy until the day I earned an impressed "Where did you learn that, Sage?

Usually the most we feared from humans was either running into crazy slayer types

I mean, how strange is that we bring plant sex organs to people we're attracted to? What's up with that? It's a weird sign of affection.

Why did you come here?" he asked at last. "Because you hit me on the head and dragged me here." If I was going to die, I was going to go in true Rose style. Mead, Richelle (2009-08-07). Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 291). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

she also apparently had a bona fide dungeon in her house. At least that's what Inez told me when we arrived. Maude, overhearing as she passed by, rolled her eyes. "It's not a dungeon, Inez. It's a wine cellar.

I brushed a kiss over her lips and then studied her face, finally daring to believe that this beautiful, brave woman was really my wife.

It is kind of dungeon-esque," I murmured to her. "Who uses stone this dark for a wine cellar? I'd expect something more Tuscan.

I loved her for her beautiful soul and desired her for her beautiful body.

I was taken down by a bench.

Ignore her. She hasn't been laid in, like, in a week. It's a wonder she's still alive.

I often thought of myself as a trigger-happy queen bitch