Top 500 Richelle Mead Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “A man can never compete with a woman’s father.”

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302. “Adrian, I’m on a date. Why are you here? On my car?”

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303. “Not much could have distracted me from coffee, but hearing Julius Caesar quoted at Spencer’s certainly did.”

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304. “Even Christian – the poster child for “smartass” – looked grim.”

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305. “Propriety’s never been Adrian’s strong suit.”

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306. “For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father: always capable of achieving his goals, no matter how twisted the means. Uneasily, I began to understand how I’d inherited my bizarre personality.”

— Richelle Mead

307. “None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes?”

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308. “He thought there was no hope for him. Me? I can’t imagine a world without hope.”

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309. “My life was split by two worlds, but he kept me whole.”

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310. “You did what you did out of love. I can’t be mad at you over that. It was stupid, but that’s how love is. Do you have any idea what I’d do for you? To keep you safe?”

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311. “As much as I hated to admit it, I kind of looked forward to seeing him. It made no sense, but something about his infuriating nature made me forget about my other worries. Weirdly, I felt like I could relax around him.”

— Richelle Mead

312. “The answer came to me before I’d even finished asking myself the question. I couldn’t be Mason’s girlfriend because when I imagined someone holding me and whispering dirty things in my ear, he had a Russian accent.”

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313. “The love we’d shared always burned within me, no matter how often I told myself to move on, no matter how much the world did think I’d moved on.”

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314. “I think I’ve got something else to help center my life.”

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315. “He smiled, and it lit up his whole face.”

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316. “Under normal circumstances, you inviting me to the bedroom would be the highlight of my day.”

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317. “Sydney might not be an expert in personal relationships but puzzles were familiar territory.”

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318. “With Alicia and the Alchemists on the loose, Sydney couldn’t leave a secure location like this without good reason. She contented herself by holing up in a guest room and prepping some spells that would be of use in the search for Alicia tomorrow. That left Dimitri and me to babysit, which seemed like the setup for some sort of wacky sitcom.”

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319. “That’s the kind of guy you’d follow to hell and back.”

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320. “So. Are you guys here to convert me or sell me siding?”

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321. “This isn’t a game. We don’t want mediocre employees who can keep the status quo. We want souls. We want to win. And you’ve spent most of your time here being mediocre.”

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322. “I’ve heard that the soul often recognizes truth when it hears it, even if the mind does not.”

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323. “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.”

— Richelle Mead

324. “I bet you never thought the hardest part of finding your ’savior? would be getting her mom to let her stay out past curfew.”

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325. “So that’s how you’re going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea.”

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326. “In these moments, my thoughts were usually focused on getting her shirt off and whether I’d get past the bra this time. So far, I hadn’t.”

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327. “If you wanted to remold people, you had to break them down first.”

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328. “Those who have to ask if faith is true are opening up a discussion they may not be ready for.”

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329. “You see something you like?”

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330. “The guy that’s going to kick your ass for hurting her.”

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331. “She knows, because She warns him, and Her instincts never fail, That the Female of Her Species is more deadly than the Male.”

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332. “Gaining superpowers doesn’t mean you know how to use them.”

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333. “Nah. I’m a consultant, of course. Everyone’s favorite nondescript yet well-paid white-collar job.”

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334. “I, had an excellent instructor. One that you currently have locked up. If you want to talk about skills going to waste, then go look in your own jail.”

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335. “I’m really not good with impulse control.”

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336. “Dimitri seemed like the kind of guy you could throw into the wilderness and he would survive off anything.”

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337. “The Guardians wouldn’t abandon the last Dragomir. And I wouldn’t have abandoned Lissa even if there were a million Dragomirs.”

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338. “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.”

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339. “The battle cry sort of gave you away. Try not to yell next time.”

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340. “I did, however, manage to do it without hurting those dogs. Very considerate of me. Don’t let it be said I’m not an animal lover-that wretched kitsune aside.”

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341. “Adrian: I find prostitutes vastly important. Nathan Ivashkov: Well. How refreshing to see that things haven’t changed.”

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342. “Adrian’s new research partner stepped through the door, and I knew the uneasy peace we’d just established in Palm Springs was about to shatter. Dimitri Belikov had arrived.”

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343. “Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects.”

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344. “Yeah, I was at the Masquerade of the Damned.”

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345. “I had never thought I could love another person this much. I also never thought I’d live in such fear of losing another person.”

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346. “Right. Because there’s no bigger sign of commitment than a Halloween dance.”

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347. “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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348. “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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349. “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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350. “Once I was satisfied I knew it, I handed it to Adrian and shot him a hopeful look. “Wish me luck,” I said. “You make your own luck,” he replied.”

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