Top 500 Richelle Mead Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “I love you, and beneath all that logic, calculation, and superstition, I know you love me too.”

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152. “Carter leaned toward me and brushed the hair away from the side of my face. “Don’t look down then,” he whispered.”

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153. “You’re beautiful, Roza. So beautiful it hurts me.”

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154. “He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.”

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155. “I haven’t even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.”

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156. “I lost track of day and night too. My time was divided into Dimitri and not-Dimitri. He was my world. When he wasn’t there, the moments were agony.”

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157. “To Thetis, Long overdue, I know, but every often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. That is a human truth, I think. Even Peleus knew that. -Seth.”

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158. “Mmm. O positive, my favorite.”

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159. “There’s a big difference between death threats and love letters–even if the person writing the death threats still claims to actually love you. Of course, considering I once tried to kill someone I loved, maybe I had no right to judge.”

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160. “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.”

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161. “I went to bed feeling melancholy, wishing I could have poured out all my fears and insecurities to my mom. Wasn’t that what normal mothers and daughters did?”

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162. “Well, you can think what you want, so long as you remember – no matter how ordinary things seem between us – I’m still here, still in love with you, and care about you more than any other guy, evil or otherwise, ever will.”

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163. “I’ve seen all I need to. I’m going to go drink now in a futile effort to wipe away the memory of this debacle.”

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164. “Surely I must be a princess in an enchanted sleep. Any day now, this dream-no, nightmare would end, and I’d get my prince and happy ending.”

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165. “Don’t get caught up in fashion games. These kids probably think we’re old, nark conformists or something, but really, they’re just conforming in their own ways. They’re conforming to nonconformity.”

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166. “With Dimitri grinning, Rose complied, holding out her left hand for the rest of the table to see. It was a remarkable piece of work. A large, perfectly cut round diamond was set into a lacy square of platinum filigree that was edged in tiny blue opals. It was a statement ring if ever there was one, and a wholly unexpected choice.”

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167. “You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I’ll get you out of here, no matter what.”

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168. “My name’s Jet Steele.”

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169. “Bad things are always going to happen,” my father had told me in his last year. “There’s no way to avoid that. Our control comes in how we face them. Do we let them crush us, making us despondent? Do we face them unflinchingly and endure the pain? Do we outsmart them?”

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170. “And I told you, I’m not going to pursue another man’s girlfriend. You want to talk honor. There it is in its purest form.”

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171. “It was impossible to get the Dimitri and Tasha thing out of my head, but at least packing and getting ready made sure I didn’t devote 100 percent of my brain power to him. More like 95 percent.”

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172. “I’m getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later.”

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173. “All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can’t trust your own mind what can you trust?”

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174. “I was so awash in sensory overload that I was caught completely unaware when he did push me away.”

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175. “Everyone wanted what she couldn’t have.”

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176. “And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.”

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177. “Poor Martin. Geek or no, committing his soul to eternal damnation was a helluva price to pay for six minutes.”

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178. “Even when I was dizzy with vodka, that smile never failed to make my heart speed up.”

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179. “What matters is that someone – that you – know me that well. When a person can see into your soul, it’s hard. It forces you to be open. Vulnerable. It’s much easier being with someone who’s just more of a casual friend.”

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180. “You aren’t afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you’re terrified of letting anyone in.”

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181. “A year. We’d known each other only a year, but we’d lived a lifetime in it.”

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182. “You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well, I’m going to.”

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183. “Sydney,” Adrian interrupted, cupping my face in his hands. “Never, ever think like that. I don’t regret anything we’ve faced. Being with you is the best thing that’s ever happened to me, the one perfect decision I’ve made in a lifetime of fumbling and poor judgment. I’d go through it all again to be by your side. Never doubt that. Never doubt how I feel about you.”

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184. “Wild and disrespectful? Who the hell are you anyway? Outsourced help?”

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185. “Sydney: I like Latin. It’s fun. Eddie: I can’t believe you think we’re the strange ones.”

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186. “Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my chest, my own heart was breaking. On my cheek, the lily reminded me who I was.”

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187. “You understand your responsibilities better than guardians twice your age. You’ll do what you have to do to succeed.”

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188. “It’s not goodbye, little dhampir. I’ll see you in your dreams.”

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189. “The tension between us kicked up a notch, and I realized that along with our bodies being nearer, so were our lips.”

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190. “Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome’s demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand and –.”

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191. “Rose, I cheat at cards and buy liquor for minors. But I would never, ever force you into something you don’t want.”

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192. “People have always had a fascination with the supernatural going back to the beginning of time and with vampires in particular. This phenomenon is not new.”

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193. “People who are crazy rarely question whether they’re crazy.”

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194. “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.”

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195. “You’ll know her by a crown of stars and flowers, and then when you take her to your bed and claim her, you will swear your loyalty to me.”

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196. “A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought.”

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197. “I always love it whenever Rose delivers one of her witty one-liners – particularly when it’s a completely serious situation. The contrast always amuses me, but then, I’m biased.”

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198. “Dimka, not you too.”

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199. “We all have moments of weakness. It’s how we recover from them that really counts.”

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200. “How was it that Adrian Ivashkov, who never seemed to take anything seriously was the only one among these “responsible” people who paid attention to such small details? How was he the only one to really understand the magnitude of what I was feeling?”

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