2,132 Quotes by Richelle Mead

You and I have never liked each other, Rose. If I’ve got to kill someone, it might as well be you.

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.

I'd never felt so helpless - so hopeless - in my life as I did there. To be completely under someone's power, with no one to turn to for help, to make someone feel like they're at fault for you hurting them . . . I realized that was exactly what I'd done to Carly. That hangs over me every day.

Throughout our youth, whenever we had a dispute, Li Wei and I would apologize to each other by exchanging gifts. Mine would be in the form of drawings, crudely done with whatever natural supplies I could find. His would always be carvings. There was only one time the exchange didn't happen, the day I told him I was accepting the apprentice position and would never be able to marry him.

It was one thing to accept I couldn't have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.

I’d been raised to be practical and keep myemotions in check, but I loved cars. That was one of the fewlegacies I’d picked up from my mom. She was a mechanic,and some of my best childhood memories were of workingin the garage with her.

Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy.

Sydney: I can do a lot of things, Adrian.And—at the risk of sounding egotistical —I mean, well, I can do a lot of pretty awesome things that most people can’t."Adrian: “Don’t I know it. You can change a tire in ten minutes while speaking Greek.”Sydney: “Five minutes.

Adrian: Do you smell that?"Sydney: “I smell the paint, and . . . wait . . . is that pine?”Adrian: “Damn straight. Pine-scented cleaner. As in, I cleaned. With these hands, these hands that don’t do manual labor.