They were frisky, eager and exuberant, and they had all been friends in the States. They were plainly unthinkable. They were noisy, overconfident, empty-headed kids of twenty-one. They had gone to college and were engaged...

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.

Why I felt the need to always disobey everyone around me was beyond me. But I guess being sixteen years old made me susceptible to bouts of irrational behaviour and the occasional notion that I...

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...

buzz” words (like feminist, anti-oppression, anti-racist, social justice, etc.) in your introduction, then you are deemed unworthy and not knowledgeable enough to speak with authority on issues that you have lived experience with. The criteria...

But I didn’t know about the other story.””What other story?””About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are—””No, whatever you heard it’s not true.””But it was really romantic””Then it’s definitely not true.

The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.

Guardian Belikov is the princess’s guardian now,” said Kirova, “Her sanctioned guardian.””You got cheap foreign labour to protect Lissa?

what’s your name?”what?” i asked, squinting at the light.your name.” I reconized Dr. Olendzki peering over me.you know my name.”I want you to tell me.”Rose. Rose Hathaway.”Do you know your birthday?”Of course I do. Why...

Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?””No””No?””No.

There’s nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what’ll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.

But once in a while . . . I don’t know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I’ll plunge away and never come...

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.

If you don’t have anything useful to offer, then get out of here and let us wait until hunger weakens Sonya.” And by get out of here, I meant: foolishly think you’re going to leave...

And you don’t care if the truth gets lost in the shuffle. Don’t you believe in anything?!

Wow.” I hadn’t thought Dimitri could be any cooler, but I was wrong. “You beat up your dad. I mean, that’s really horrible…what happened. But, wow. You really are a god.”He blinked. “What?””Uh, nothing.

Academy Awards don’t really solve anything.

I wanted to pull away, remind him that I was a big girl, a highly trained operative, a spy – that I’d been training for this mission my entire life, and I wasn’t going to...

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...

Scholarship that is indifferent to human suffering is immoral.

Did you finish yours, Kota?””Working on it now, Actually.””How’s it going?”He sat up, turning in his chair and holding up his notebook. “I don’t know. What rhymes with formaldehyde?”My eyes widened. Gabriel laughed, rubbing his...

That’s pretty hot,” he said.”Punching me in the eye?””Well, no. Of course not. I meant the idea of getting rough with you is hot. I’m a big fan of full-contact sports.””I’m sure you are.

If it took me showing some warmth to get warmth in return, I’d do it.

Well he didn’t treat my mother very well. He did some horrible things.””Like…” I hesitated. “Blood-whore things?””Like beating-her-up kinds of things” he replied flatly.”Oh God,” I said “That’s horrible. And she…she just let it happen?””She...