Quotes from Richelle Mead

You will lose what you value most... It hadn't been me that Rhonda was talking about. It hadn't even been Dimitri's life. What you value most. It had been his soul.

Life's like that. As we grow and change, some things we've experience before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life.

Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.

You are the most boring teacher ever." He grinned and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, just as a knock sounded at the door. "It all depends on what you me to teach you.

My life didn?t need to be on the line for me to enjoy dessert.

I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...] Instead he kissed me.

Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.

No one had ever called me unnatural before, except for the time I put ketchup on a taco. But seriously, we'd been out of salsa, so what else was I supposed to do?

This was the last thing I expected. You destroy my life and then feed me some inspiratonal philosophy.

Do you believe in fairy tales?" "What...what kind of fairy tales?" "The kind you aren't supposed to waste your life on.

Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave this world.

Would he have said he loved me? I would ask myself that for the rest of my life.

Can't you . . . I don't know. Find a hobby or something?" "Being charming is my hobby," said Adrian obstinately. "I'm the life of the party— even without drinking. I wasn't meant to be alone.

My life was split by two worlds, but he kept me whole.

You make a joke out of everything. Life's too painful not to.

I was so tired of being told reasonable, practical things whenever something went wrong with my life.

Any life worth living is going to have risks

I think I've got something else to help center my life.

I wanted to bring Lissa back, and I wanted to return to Adrian's arms again, return to his lips and all this life... "Hathaway! Good God, do I have to hose you down?

I brought my lips down to hers, and it was like everything that had ever happened to me had simply been a warm-up for this moment, that this was where my life truly began.

And after a while...I mean how do you choose? Who gets to live? Part of life is that...well, some people have to die.

Taking a deep breathe, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. I walked away.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.

The battle cry sort of gave you away. Try not to yell next time.