Quotes from Richelle Mead

Everyone's got skeletons in their closet.

It was like drowning, drowning in seas of green. There was nothing in the world except for those eyes.

You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other. -Adrian Ivashkov

Devastated...grief-stricken. You were alive, but the way you looked... I didn't think you'd ever recover. And it tore me apart to think of that happening to you so young.

Tu procura no dejar que te conviertan –me guiñó el ojo–. Me gustas asi de pecadora.

Didn't you have one when you were little? What was his name, Hopper?" "Yeah," I said, resisting the urge to punch him on the arm. Hopper? Really? "Best rabbit ever.

No one had ever called me unnatural before, except for the time I put ketchup on a taco. Mead, Richelle (2009-08-07). Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 38). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

There were vases of silk roses carefully centered on crocheted doilies, figurines of puppies carrying roses in their mouths on lace doilies, and delicate rose-covered tea sets placed on paper doilies. And that was just the start of it. It all had a really old feel to it as well, like I'd been transported back to the 1890s. Adrian stood behind us, just outside the door, and I was pretty sure I heard him mutter, "Needs more rabbits.

A piece of heaven?" I managed to ask. He slowly shook his head. "No. The other place. The one I'm going to burn in for thinking what I'm thinking.

She glanced over at Adrian. "But then, you must've overcome a few of your hang-ups about the supernatural if you rode in the same as Jaclyn's pool boy." "These hands don't do manual labor," Adrian told her. "Be quiet, boy," she snapped. "Before you become less endearing.

Maybe it was this brush with death that was driving us to furiously prove we were alive.

Was that how I appeared? I often thought of myself as a trigger-happy queen bitch and tried to think about my behavior with her these last few days. I had sparred with her a lot, but among the others we'd met, I supposed I had been friendly. Mead, Richelle (2009-08-07). Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 118). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

Eddie, I'm not going to claim to be any expert in romance, but even I can tell that you're crazy about Jill.

And, since I've been hanging out with you, Dad's decided I'm on good behavior now." "Poor oblivious bastard," murmured Christian. Mead, Richelle (2009-08-07). Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 177). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

Stop her before they notice, before they notice and take her

Dimitri seemed to be trying to find a nice way to respond. He was as amazing to look at as ever, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, with a long leather duster over it all.

Because he's wonderful and sensitive and funny. Because we bring out the best in each other and are better people because of our love. Because when we're together, I feel like I understand my place in the world.

What's so funny?' asked Dimitri, looking down at me with amusement. 'I'm just thinking about what Lissa would say if we still had the bond.' In a very bad breach of guardian protocol, he caught a hold of my hand and pulled me toward him. 'And?' he asked, wrapping me in an embrace. 'I think she'd ask, 'What have we gotten ourselves into?

Am I going to endanger my reputation if I wear it to the dance?" "You'll endanger the school.

So beautiful, it hurts sometime

I'd thought I was bold and alluring, but I was only a girl playing at being a woman.

You stay cool. You don't lose your head. And you know what? You should probably keep doing that—because then you won't lose your heart either.

I don't know what to think about this new, responsible Rose.

I don't believe in angels, I believe in what I can do for myself