{"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":"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":"Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?'No'No?'No.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["academy","mead","richelle","vampire"],"id":22665,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"With a few swift steps, Adrian stood in front of me again. The wall was only a couple inches behind me, and I had nowhere to go. He made no threatening moves, but he did clasp my hands and hold them to his chest while leaning down to me.“No, you will listen. For once, you’re going to hear something that doesn’t fit into your neat, compartmentalized world of order and logic and reason. Because this isn’t reasonable. If you’re terrified, believe me—this scares the hell out of me, too. You asked about Rose? I tried to be a better person for her—but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. I said it on Halloween and meant every word: you are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth. And you don’t even know it. You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["adrian","bloodlines","golden","lily","mead","richelle","sydney"],"id":55355,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Sorry, there’s just not enough mead to go around.","author":"Daniel Keidl","tags":["armageddon","dwarf","mead","mythology"],"id":109996,"author_id":"Daniel+Keidl"},{"text":"Sweat isn't a bad thing,' he said, leaning his head against the wall thoughtfully. 'Some of the best things in life happen while your sweating. Yeah, if you get too much of it and it gets old and stale, it turns pretty gross. But on a beautiful women? Intoxicating. If you could smell things like a vampire does, you'd know what I'm talking about. Most people mess it all up and drown themselves in perfume. Perfume can be good...Especially if you get one that goes with your chemistry. But you only need a hint. Mix about 20 percent of that with 80 percent of your own perspiration...Mmm.' He tilted his head to the side and looked at me. 'Dead sexy.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["academy","frostbite","mead","richelle","vampire"],"id":119696,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["academy","frostbite","mead","richelle","vampire"],"id":137039,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword.'I can’t. I can’t leave him alone. I have to protect him.'You have.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["academy","frostbite","mead","richelle","vampire"],"id":154862,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"So...Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?'Yes.'Holy shit. Why didn't you go with them? Seems like something you'd do.'I resisted the urge to smack him. 'Because I'm not insane! But I'm going to go get them before they do something even stupider.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["fiction","frostbite","mead","novel","richelle","vampires"],"id":161996,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Not into older guys, huh?' asked Adrian once we were alone.'You're imagining things,' I said. 'Clearly, my stunning beauty has clouded your mind.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["academy","mead","richelle","vampire"],"id":171463,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}