Richelle Mead Quotes

“Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party." "This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I could tell Lissa was getting angry. It was trumping her earlier distress. He shrugged and leaned casually against the sloping wall. "So am I. I love pity parties. I wish I'd brought the hats. What do you want to mope about first? How it's going to take you a whole day to be popular and loved again? How you'll have to wait a couple weeks before Hollister can ship out some new clothes? If you spring for rush shipping, it might not be so long.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Source: Vampire Academy 10th Anniversary Edition

“Hey, if you'd wanted to avoid 'this,' you shouldn't have lured me last night. Now it's too late. You might as well avoid the long, drawn-out pain and get it over with quickly. Sort of like taking off a Band-Aid. Or cutting off a limb." "Wow, who says there's no romance left in the world?”

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Book:Succubus Blues

Source: Succubus Blues

“If you want some advice—which I'm sure you don't—you guys should lay off on the magic. Christian still thinks you're moving in on Lissa." "What?" he asked in mock astonishment. "Doesn't he know my heart belongs to you?" "It does not. And no, he's still worried about it, despite what I've told him." "You know, I bet if we started making out right now, it would make him feel better." "If you touch me," I said pleasantly, "I'll provide you with the opportunity to see if you can heal yourself. Then we'd see how badass you really are.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

“What hope is there?" I asked. "If even angels fall, what hope is there for the rest of us?”

Ifs Fall Angel Succubus

Author:Richelle Mead

“A ghostly smile flickered across his face. "If you weren't so psychotic, you'd be fun to hang around." "Funny, I feel that way about you too." He didn't say anything else, but the smile grew, and he walked away.”

Ifs Way Feels Faces Fun Grew Say Anything Psychotic

“What If Following Her Heart Means Rose Could Lose Her Best Friend Forever?”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Ifs Heart Mean Loses Forever Rose Following What If Friends Forever

Author:Richelle Mead

“If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking.”

Ifs Knows Dream Eye Differences Rose Waking Rose Hathaway Ninth Grade

Book:The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel

Source: The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel

“I unfolded the note, and it took me a few seconds to decipher Adrian’s writing. If he did write me a dating proposal, I really hoped he would type it.”

Ifs Writing Type Dating Notes Seconds Proposal Decipher

“I nearly dropped the plate I held. "You've asked me out tons of times." "Not really. I've made inapproprite suggestions and frequently pushed for nudity. But I've never asked you out on a real date. And, if memory serves, you did say you'd give me a fair chance once I let you clean out my trust fund." "I didn't clean it out," I scoffed.”

Source: Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Giving Made Real Memories Chance Fairs Dating Give Me Rose Clean Fund Plates Suggestions Nudity Rose Hathaway Trust Funds

Author:Richelle Mead

“You kill me, Rose," he said melodramatically. "Every day is agony without you. Empty. Alone. I pine for you, wondering if you're even still alive.”

Ifs Said Stills Wonder Alive Empty Rose Agony Kill Me Without You

“Didn’t understand love? Was she crazy? If she only knew what I’d sacrificed for Dimitri, what I’d done to be where I was now . . . all for love. She was the one who couldn’t understand. Love wasn’t a fling in a back room at a party. It was something you lived and died for.”

Source: Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Done Rooms Party Crazy Died Fling Dimitri

“Knowing Lissa missed me hurt almost more than if she'd completely written me off. I'd never wanted to hurt her. Even when I'd resented her for feeling like she was controlling my life, I'd never hated her. I loved her like a sister and couldn't stand the thought of her suffering now on my behalf. How had things gotten so screwed up between us?”

Source: Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Feelings Wanted Suffering Hurt Knowing Written Hated Behalf Screwed Up Like A Sister Blood Promise

“It was a lame excuse, and I knew that wasn't the reason he was canceling. If he wanted to avoid me, I would have preferred he made up something about how he and the other guardians had to up Moroi security or practice top-secret ninja moves.”

Source: Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Made Reason Wanted Moving Secret Practice Security Excuse Guardian Lame Ninja Top Secret

Book:Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel

Source: Frostbite: A Vampire Academy Novel

“Good God," I said. "This is the most stereotypical vampire food ever." "Only if it was raw. What do you think?" "It's good," I said reluctantly. Who knew that bacon would have made all the difference? "Really good. I think you have a promising future as a housewife while Lissa works and makes millions of dollars." "Funny, that's exactly my dream.”

Ifs Thinking Made Said Dream Differences Millions Dollars Vampire Housewife Good God

Author:Richelle Mead

“Was it weird having a witch grandma? Scary? Was she always, like, threatening to cast spells if you were bad?" "Most of the time she just threatened to send me to my room." "That doesn't sound so scary to me." "That's because you haven't met her.”

Ifs Sound Rooms Havens Mets Casts Scary Witch Spells Threatened Threatening Grandma

“Don't be too hasty," she warned. "Conserve your strength. If you're too eager to fight the undead, you may find yourselves joining them. Then you'd never see us again, and we'd be very sad." "Yes," said Christian. "I'd cry into my pillow every night." I resisted the urge to kick him. "Well, I couldn't visit if I was Strigoi, yeah, but hopefully I'd just die a normal death. Then I could come see you as a ghost.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Ifs Wells May Said Christian Night Dies Fighting Cry Normal Yeah Ghost Hopefully Kicks Urges Every Night Pillow Joining Very Sad Hasty Undead

Book:Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel

Source: Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel

“It was near curfew time, and I was dropping him off for the night. He shook his head. "Rose, I don't know if you're crazy or not, but I'm actually starting to think you might be the best guardian- or soon-to-be guardian- out there." "Did you just give me a serious compliment?" I asked. He turned his back on me and headed inside his dorm. "Good night.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Giving Might Night Crazy Serious Give Me Rose Starting Being The Best Compliment Guardian Dropping Good Night Dorms Curfew

“If I propose, you'll know it. For one thing, I'll be hyperventilating.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Ifs Knows One Thing Propose Rubies Succubus

Book:Succubus Dreams: Urban Fantasy

Source: Succubus Dreams: Urban Fantasy

“You're burned into my mind forever. There is nothing, nothing in this world that will ever change that." And it was memories like that that made it so hard to comprehend this quest to kill him, even if he was a Strigoi. Yet...at the same time I had to destroy him. I needed to remember him as the man who'd loved me and held me in bed. I needed to remember that that man would not want to stay a monster.”

Ifs Men World Want Mind Made Hard Remember Memories Forever This World Needed Bed Monsters Made It Quests Burned

“If he wants to tell you, he'll tell you. End of story, Rose. Besides, you certainly keep your share of secrets too. You two have a lot in common." "Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and—oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

People Ifs Want Two Ends Stories Common Secret Share Okay Rose Likes Sarcastic Arrogant Intimidating

Author:Richelle Mead

“Look, don’t get me wrong. I worship the ground this guy walks on. I’m excited to meet him tonight. I’m dying to meet him tonight. If he wanted to carry me off and make me his love slave, I’d do it, so long as I got advance copies of his books.”

Ifs Looks Long Book Wanted Guy Walks Dying Worship Slave Excited Tonight Copies His Love This Guy Succubus Georgina Kincaid Succubus Blues

Book:City of Demons

Source: City of Demons

“This is a, uh, friendship ring right?” “Yeah, don’t worry. If I propose, you’ll know it. For one thing, I’ll be hyperventilating.” A sly smile—surprisingly sexy—turned up his lips. “And it’ll be a ruby.” “Rubies? No diamonds? Too expensive for the old writer’s salary, huh?” He made a disparaging grunt at that. “No, I just think diamonds are common, that’s all. If I get married, it’ll be because something uncommon is occurring. Besides, you wear a lot of red, right? I know how important it is for your accessories to match.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Made Important Common Worry Know How One Thing Married Red Yeah Lips Sexy Rings Expensive Diamond Salary Propose Uncommon Accessories Sly Rubies Grunt Succubus Disparaging

Author:Richelle Mead

“How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.”

Ifs Knows Moving Lying Lips Demon Do You Know Georgina Kincaid Succubus Blues

Book:Succubus Blues

Source: Succubus Blues

“I don't care," said Seth. "I would have done it. I would have sold my soul for you. You and me...I told you. Something's always going to keep us near each other...even if we aren't together.”

Ifs Said Soul Done Care Together Don't Care My Soul I Don't Care Soulmate My Soul Mate Georgina Kincaid

Book:Succubus Heat

Source: Succubus Heat

“If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hair feels like silk between my fingers. I'd dream about the smoothness of your skin and the fierceness of your lips when we kiss. Without dreams,I have to be content with my own imagination—which is almost as good. I can picture all those things perfectly.”

Ifs Knows Way Feels I Can Dream Imagination Dark My Own Hair Kissing Skins Fingers Lips Smell If I Could Silk Dimitri Fierceness Dark Hair Dimitri Rose

Author:Richelle Mead

“Don't touch her," he growled. There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had been directed toward me. He shoved me behind him, putting his body protectively in front of mine with my back to the table. Guardians came at us from all directions,and Dimitri began dispatching them with the same deadly grace that had once made people call him a god.”

People Ifs Made Body Voice Behinds Grace Fronts Mines Tables Notes Scared Guardian Dimitri

“Where are we going?" asked Victor. "If I'm allowed to ask." I squirmed around in my seat so that I could look him in the eye. "That's what you're going to tell us. As hard as it is to believe, we didn't do all that just because we missed your pleasant company." "That is hard to believe.”

Source: Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Believe Looks Hard Eye Asks Company Pleasant Seats Hard To Believe

“Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't read what he was feeling. His face betrayed nothing, but there was something in his eyes...something intense and intimidating. The image of him ready to take down that group of guardians flashed through my mind,and something told me that if I asked,He would fight his way to me through this courtroom and do everything in his power to rescue me from it.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Ifs Way Mind Feelings Eye Faces Fighting Dark Known Groups Ready Endless Intense His Eyes Rescue Betrayed Guardian Intimidating Courtroom Dimitri Rescue Me

Author:Richelle Mead

“You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all sorts of bad things to me, and I'd still come back to you. Just keep things honest, okay? Tell me what you're feeling. If you're feeling something for Dimitri that's confusing you, tell me. We'll work it out.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Feelings Forget Honest Personality Okay Working It Bad Things Confusing Dimitri Addicted To You

Book:Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound

Source: Vampire Academy: Spirit Bound

“I, had an excellent instructor. One that you currently have locked up. If you want to talk about skills going to waste, then go look in your own jail.”

Ifs Want Looks Skills Waste Excellent Jail Locked Locked Up Instructors

Author:Richelle Mead

“We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,” she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.” Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let’s see if your advice gets me killed.”

Ifs Said Enemy Forever Advice Okay Corners Retreat

Author:Richelle Mead

“If Victor was frightened by Dimitri's threat, he didn't show it. His jade green eyes glanced between the two of us. "You two are a match made in heaven. Or somewhere.”

Ifs Made Two Shows Eye Heaven Green Threat Frightened Dimitri Two Of Us Green Eyes Jade

Book:Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel

Source: Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel

“But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strogoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her." "I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out. "No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”

Ifs Knows Needs Wells Body Eye Courses Black Love You Fronts Cost Protect Dancing Someday Packs Fading Sparkle

Book:Vampire Academy Complete Series

Source: Vampire Academy Complete Series

“I looked him in the eye, "I will always love you." Then plunged the stake into his chest. It wasn't as precise a blow as I would have liked, not with the skilled way he was dodging. I struggled to get the stake in deep enough to his heart, unsure if I could do it from this angle. Then, his struggles stopped. His eyes stared at me, stunned, and his lips parted, almost into a smile, albeit a grisly and pained one. "That's what I was supposed to say..." he gasped out.”

Ifs Way Heart Enough Eye Struggle Love You Lips Blow His Eyes If I Could Chests Stakes Precise Angle Unsure Stunned Always Love You Will Always Love You I Will Always Love You

Author:Richelle Mead

“It's late, I'm tired, and your cigarettes are giving me a headache," I growled. "I suppose that's fair." He drew in on the cigarette and let out the smoke. "Some women think they make me look sexy." "I think you smoke them so you have something to do while thinking up your next witty line." He choked on the smoke, caught between inhaling and laughing. "Rose Hathaway, I can't wait to see you again. If you're this charming while tired and annoyed and this gorgeous while bruised and in ski clothes, you must be devastating at your peak.”

“The future is always changing. If we had no choices, there'd be no point in living.”

Ifs Choices No Point

“One of the few downsides to being awakened is that we no longer require sleep; therefore we also no longer dream. It's a shame, because if I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.”

Source: Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Knows Dream Sleep Shame If I Could Awakened Dimitri Dimitri Belikov Spirit Bound

“Wow. What'd he do to deserve that? Rescue orphans from a burning building? If so, you might want to make sure he didn't set the building on fire in the first place.”

Source: Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Want Firsts Might Fire Building Deserve Rose Burning Wow Rescue Orphan Burning Buildings

“Frustration filled his features. "Rose I've done a lot of bad things, most of which I can never fix or find redemption for. My only choice now, if I want to reclaim my life, is to go forward, stopping evil and doing what's right. And what is NOT right is taking a woman from another man, a man I like and respect. I'll steal cars. I'll break into houses. But there are lines I WILL not cross, no matter what I—”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Source: Vampire Academy Complete Series

“After almost exactly three hours, we rolled into a small hole of a town that had one traffic light and a resturant simply marked DINER. There hadn't been any traffic on the road for over an hour, though, which was really the most important thing. We hadn't been followed. Sydney drove us to a building with a sign that read MOTEL. Apparently this town liked to stick to the basics when it came to names. I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually just called TOWN.”

Ifs Important Light Three Names Hours Building Towns Important Things Sticks Holes Traffic Basics Sydney Diners Motels Traffic Light Last Sacrifice

Book:Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel

Source: Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel

“But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I'll plunge away and never come back. It's like I'll lose myself.”

Ifs Knows Feels Loses Rose Edges Plunge

Book:Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel

Source: Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel

“Both Christian and Adrian had worried there would be some piece of Strigoi left in him, but their fears had been about violence and bloodshed. No one would have guessed this: that living as a Strigoi had hardened his heart, killing any chance of him loving anyone. Killing any chance of him loving me. And I was pretty sure that if that was the case, then part of me would die too.”

Ifs Heart Would Be Christian Dies Left Chance Cases Pieces Violence Killing Worried Bloodshed Hardened Rose Hathaway Loving Me Spirit Bound

“I also never would have imagined I'd quote back a church lesson, but when the rest of the crowd stood up to take communion, I found myself saying to Dimitri: "Don't you think that if God can supposedly forgive you, it's kind of egotistical for you not to forgive yourself?" "How long have you been waiting to use that line on me?" he asked. "Actually, it just came to me. Pretty good, huh? I bet you thought I wasn't paying attention." "You weren't. You never do. You were watching me.”

Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection

Ifs Thinking Kind Long Use Found Waiting Church Lines Attention Lessons Forgiving Crowds Pay Attention Communion Stood Up Egotistical Forgive Yourself Dimitri

“I have it on good authority that Victor's going to have car trouble. Also that Robert really likes Cheerios, so if you want some, you're out of luck. He doesn't seem like the sharing type.”

Source: Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel

Ifs Want Seems Trouble Car Type Authority Luck Likes Victor's