Richelle Mead (born November 12, 1976) is a bestselling American fantasy author. She is known for the Georgina Kincaid series, Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and the Dark Swan series.
I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.
Besides, I could hardly complain to the administration that I was being forced to learn magic.
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.
She probably gave up and started playing Minesweeper. " [. . . ] We reached the cafe and found Sydney bent over her laptop, with a barely eaten Danish and what was probably her fourth cup of coffee. We slid into seats beside her. "How's it—hey! You ARE playing Minesweeper!
I still couldn’t stop the sick feeling rising in my stomach. “This could be a disaster. ” “How? If anyone even finds it—and it’s not just sitting under a table right now—they’ll just have a good laugh at our sappy talk. No one’s going to be like, ‘Aha! Proof of an illicit human-and-vampire affair.
But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy. ” “Already crazy about you, Sage.
My smile faded, and I suddenly felt confused. My heart leapt in my chest. "Why would you do that for me?" "What wouldn't I do for you?
Things on the essential list: vodka, Nine Inch Nails, a steady supply of mortal men, and an all-purpose bitchy attitude.
This is a great idea,” said Trey. “You kids should totaly go see that play. Make a whole day of it. Grab some dinner and hang out at the library or whatever it is you do for fun.
I want her to be happy. It's worth sacrificing myself.
I need you,ʺ said Lissa. ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.
His warmth was all around me, as was his love, and again, I felt that completeness. I had that missing piece of my word back. The soul that complemented mine. My match. My equal. Not only that, I had my life back -my own life. I would protect Lissa, I would serve, but I was finally my own person.
Would he have said he loved me? I would ask myself that for the rest of my life.
What, are you doing? Aside from getting your sandwich cold. " "I’m making a snow angel. Don’t you know what that is?" "Yes, I know. But why? You must be freezing. " "Not so much, actually. My face is a little, I guess.
Since. . . since when?" I finally managed to ask. "Since. . . forever. " His tone implied the answer was obvious.
Seth and I had broken up twice and while I usually accepted that he had moved on, I knew that I would love him forever. For me, forever was a serious matter" - Georgina about
Immortals are, by definition, immortal. End of story.
This dress makes me look fat," I told Jasmine as we stood near the back of the crowd and watched the last minute preperations fall into place. She glanced over at me and my efforts to rearrange the folds of my long, gauzy dress. "Your pregnant," she stated. "Everything's supposed to make you look fat. " I Scowled. "I think the correct reponse was 'No it doesn't.
I didn’t get her cutting at all. She’d done it sporadically, ever since the accident and it scared me each time. She'd try to explain it to me, how she didn't want to die—she just needed to get it out somehow. She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet—physical pain—was the only way to make the internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.
Is it really so terrible being around us?" I blushed. "No," I said. "But. . . it's complicated. I've been taught certain things my entire life. Those are hard to shake. " "The greatest changes in history have come because people were able to shake off what others told them to do.