Top 500 Richelle Mead Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “And than suddenly he was there, charging down the hallway like death in a cowboy duster.”

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

— Richelle Mead

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

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

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206. “My name’s Jet Steele.”

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207. “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?”

— Richelle Mead

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

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

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

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

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

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218. “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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219. “Dimka, not you too.”

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220. “If not for me being stoned and clinging to a taco, it would have been terribly romantic.”

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

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

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223. “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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224. “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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225. “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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226. “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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227. “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?”

— Richelle Mead

228. “Never thought I’d see the day when you’d throw your arms around a vam – someone like me.”

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229. “Taking a deep breathe, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. I walked away.”

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230. “Turning away, I stared at the long road winding off ahead of me. I sighed. This trip might take awhile. “Then start walking, Rose,” I muttered to myself. I set off, off to kill the man I loved.”

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231. “We were going to kill ourselves in trying to kill each other.”

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232. “He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I’m eighteen. An adult. I don’t need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself.”

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233. “Did you know that it’s a lot harder to put organs back in the body than it is to get them out?”

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234. “There were drinks and food in full force, and some Moroi guy had a guitar out and was trying to impress girls with his musical skills – which were nonexistent. In fact, his music was so awful that he might have discovered a new way to kill Strigoi.”

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235. “It had to be one of the weirdest things in the universe that Lissa had never come close to suspecting my feelings for Dimitri but that Adrian had figured it out.”

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236. “Life, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to care what we want.”

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237. “It’s Kahlua, Sage. Packed with sugar and coffee flavor.”

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

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239. “Rose and Dimitri moved almost as one entity, like a matched pair of wolfes or lions, both wary and deadly as they studied their surroundings, taking no detail or person for granted.”

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240. “It’s Adrian Ivashkov logic. Don’t try to understand it. Just roll with it.”

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241. “Maybe I was in love, but I was still me, after all.”

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242. “Well, no one treats me like a full-fledged royal, said Lissa, turning back to the dresses. No reason to act like one now. Show me your straps and short-sleeves.”

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243. “What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You’re a dream within a dream. I’m afraid touching you will make me wake up. You’ll disappear.”

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

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245. “I needed her heart and mind as much as her body. I needed her, and her lack caused an ache in my chest as I drifted off to sleep.”

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246. “If someone like you showed up to abduct me, I’d let you.”

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247. “She might be unarmed, but Rose Hathaway was in possession of many weapons.”

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248. “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.”

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249. “Oh, and I’m also happy to watch our darling little love child dragon while you’re in St. Louis.”

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250. “People get too caught up in what they don’t have and get bogged down as a result. There’s joy in the present. It’s important to just make the most of the these moments we have. Keep an eye on the future, but don’t forget to enjoy NOW.”

— Richelle Mead