Top 500 Richelle Mead Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “Keeping love buried was a lot like jeeping anger pent up, I’d learned. It just ate you up insides until you wanted to scream or kick something.”

— Richelle Mead

102. “Bound by Love, But sworn to Kill...”

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103. “Moroi shied from the sunlight but as I watched Sydney, I knew without a doubt that humans had been made for the sun.”

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104. “I’m always at least ten minutes early.”

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105. “I’d never expected my first time to be in a cabin in the woods, but I realized the place didn’t matter. The person did. With someone you loved, you could be anywhere, and it would be incredible. Being in the most luxurious bed in the world wouldn’t matter if you were with someone you didn’t love.”

— Richelle Mead

106. “You’ve got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.”

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107. “Fiery and sweet, all at the same time. A flame in the dark, lighting my way.”

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108. “See? There it is again. My flame in the dark.”

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109. “Your truths are worse than your lies.”

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110. “Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You’ve got the spirit of a warrior.”

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111. “You’ll have your own superhero club before you know it. -Christian Ozera.”

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112. “Impossible situations are our specialty.”

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113. “It occurred to me that I was standing face to face with the hero of a love story nearly as dramatic as my own.”

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114. “Sanity’s overated, my darling.”

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115. “That’s what I was supposed to say...”

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116. “Rose, do you think I’d do anything that would hurt you.- Dimitri to Rose.”

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117. “I didn’t just get an idea. I got a great idea.”

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118. “We’re all in charge of our own lives – and we have to live with the consequences of the choices we make.”

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119. “Brayden met my eyes. His were hazel, almost like Eddie’s but with a little green. Not as much green as Adrian’s, of course. No one’s eyes were that amazingly green.”

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120. “Are you some kind of mutant human? Like a fire user? And I use mutant as a compliment, you know. I wouldn’t think less of you.”

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121. “So many details came into focus. The shape of his lips, the line of his neck. “I’m not dangerous,” I breathed. He brought his face toward mine. “You are to me.” And somehow, against all reason, we were kissing. I closed my eyes, and the world around me faded.”

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122. “And sometimes, if I was really, really lucky, he’d smile at me. A real smile, too – not the dry one that accompanied the sarcasm we tossed around so often. I didn’t want to admit it to anyone – not to Lissa, not even to myself – but some days, I lived for those smiles.”

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123. “Sex had been amazing, but it wasn’t a magical cure for everything. Damn. Somewhere along the way, I’d picked up common sense.”

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124. “You’ve always been my equal, Roza.”

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125. “Wait. You think I’m going to die? That’s why you slept with me?”

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126. “You did good Roza. Very good. Now sleep.”

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127. “I thought I’d finally get to relax with Dimitri.”

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128. “Metaphors. This was the cost of making out with an artist.”

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129. “I didn’t care about anything except her and the way touching her drove me wild, even as her calm and steady presence soothed the storms that raged within me.”

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130. “What do you think Dimitri? Is this a good idea, Dimitri? Please give us your blessing so that we can fall down and worship you, Dimitri.”

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131. “I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer. I didn’t care that we were out in public. I didn’t care that he was Moroi. All that mattered was that he was Adrian, my Adrian. My match. My partner in crime.”

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132. “It was one thing to accept I couldn’t have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.”

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133. “It turns out Dimitri had a friend, who had a friend, and despite the best security in the Moroi world, we managed to get into the Court’s prison facilities.”

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134. “Adrian tipped my face up toward his and kissed me. Like always, the world around me stopped moving. No, the world became Adrian, only Adrian.”

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135. “This isn’t a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don’t happen.”

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136. “Even if I’d been wide awake, I knew Dimitri would’ve taken my suitcase anyway. That’s how he was, a lost remnant of chivalry in the modern world, ever-ready to help others.”

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137. “There was nothing I loved more than teasing Dimitri. Well, aside from maybe kissing him.”

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138. “Sydney spent a lot of time on my bed these days. Unfortunately, it wasn’t with me.”

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139. “I’ll just love you whether you want me to or not.”

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140. “Eddie was intensely dedicated too. Adrian sometimes called him mini-Dimitri.”

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141. “I loved you and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up. You might as well have staked me.”

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142. “My heart shattered. My world shattered.”

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143. “Don’t worry, I won’t bite. At least not in the way you’re afraid of.”

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144. “You forgot another lesson: Never turn your back until you know your enemy is dead. Looks like we’ll have to go over the lesson again the next time I see you – which will be soon. Love, D.”

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145. “You can’t force love, I realized. It’s there or it isn’t. If it’s not there, you’ve got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you’ve got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”

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146. “Emerald green eyes studied us from a face that could have been sculpted by one of the classical artists I so admired. Shocked, I dismissed the comparison as soon as it popped into my head. This was a vampire, after all. It was ridiculous to admire him the way I would some hot human guy.”

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147. “Well, centrum means center,” said Jackie. “Permanebit is a future tense verb. ‘Remains’ is one translation. Or maybe ‘endures.’ Together it’d be something like, ‘the center will endure.’” I jerked my head up. “Hold,” I whispered, my voice cracking. “The center will hold.” Sydney’s last words. Not for Eddie, but for me.”

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148. “She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet – physical pain – was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.”

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149. “I know I’m not supposed to say this, but I love you.”

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

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