{"author":"Richelle Mead","author_id":"Richelle+Mead","total_quotes":340,"quotes":[{"text":"What were good and evil, really, but stupid categories? Stupid categoriesthat restricted people and punished or rewarded them based on how they responded to their own natures, natures they really didn't have any way to control.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["blues","georgina","kincaid","mead","richelle","succubus"],"id":158,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Ah, well,ʺ said Abe, idly studying his fingertips. ʺI have it on good authority thereʹs going to be a new ‘gateʹ opening up soon over on the south side of the wall.'The truth dawned on me. ʺOh lord. Youʹre the one whoʹs been doling out C4.ʺʺYou make it sound so easy,ʺ he said with a frown. ʺThat stuffʹs hard to get a hold of.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["humor","teen","young-adult"],"id":2871,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Are you sleepwalking?' A voice asked behind me. 'I was testing dorm security,' I said. 'It sucks.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["humor"],"id":3912,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Of course, some might argue that one can never know what's in the heart of a woman— For they are strange and mysterious creatures,and a man must be a mind reader if he ever wishes to make them happy.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["woman"],"id":3936,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["humor","rose-hathaway"],"id":4061,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Really, Sage? A date?'I sighed. 'Yes, Adrian. A date.'A real date. Not, like, doing homework together,' he added. 'I mean like where you go out to a movie or something. And a movie that's not part of a school assignment. Or about something boring.'A real date.' I figured I wouldn't give him the specifics on the Shakespheare play.'What's the lucky guy's name?'Brayden.'There was a pause. 'Brayden? That his real name?'Why are you asking if everything's real? You think I'd make any of this up?'No, no,' Adrian assured me. 'That what's so ynbelievable about it. Is he cute?'I glanced at the clock. It was time for me to meet my study group. 'Gee, maybe I should just send you a picture to review?'Yes, please. And a full background check and life history.'I have to go. Why do you care so much anyway?' I finally asked in exasperation.His answer took a long time, which was uncharacteristic.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["adrian-ivashkov","jealousy","sydney-sage"],"id":4393,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"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.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["individuality","inspriational","vampires"],"id":5295,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires, in love with a completely unsuitable guy, and have a best friend whose weird magic could drive her crazy.Hey, no one said high school was easy.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["academy","frostbite","hathaway","mead","richelle","rose","vampire"],"id":7890,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Everyone wanted what she couldn't have.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["sadness","wanting"],"id":10703,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Dimitri moved closer to me, his eyes sparkling with a secret. 'It gets better:you're Lissa's guardian.'What?' I almost pulled away. 'That's impossible. They'd never...'They did. She'll have others, so they probably figured it was okay to let you hang around if someone else could keep you in line,' he teased.'You're not...' A lump formed in my stomach, a reminder of a problem that has plagued so long ago. 'You're not one of her guardian too, are you?' It had constantly been a concern, that conflict of interest. I wanted him near me. Always. But how could he watch Lissa and put her safely first if we were worried about each other? The past was returning to torment us.'No. I have a different assignment.'Oh.' For some reason, that made me a little sad too, even though I knew it was the smarter choice.'I'm Christian's guardian.'This time I did sit up, doctor's orders or no. Stitches tugged in my chest, but I ignored the sharp discomfort. 'But that's...That's practically the same thing!","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["dimitri-belikov","recovery","rose-hathaway"],"id":11779,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":340,"pages":34,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}