I also never would have imagined I’d quote back a church lesson, but when the rest of the crowd stood up to take communion, I found myself saying to Dimitri: “Don’t you think that if...

I sighed and gestured toward him. “I’ll take him.” In an undertone, I added, “Don’t let me down, Zmey.

It’s only their fight club, Liss,” I said, having no need for her side of the conversation, “Nothing’s going on. They’re going to talk punches and kicking and other boring stuff.” Well, actually that stuff...

All these pricks gathering around her body, trying to reach and pierce her rose.

Well, I didn’t need them.I didn’t need anyone. I was Lola Rose.I just wished I looked more like my idea of Lola Rose.

Well, I thought I’d stick them into my nose and impersonate a walrus, but if you insist, I’ll swallow them.

Psalm 37:44 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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.

Because it gives him and excuse to be around her–without making it look like he gave in first. That way, he can still seem manly.” “That’s ridiculous.” Especially the part about Christian being manly. “Guys...

If you try to turn me against Lissa one more time the stories are going to be about you bleeding because I’ll have ripped your throat out!

My hatred notwithstanding, I had to admit Dimitri Beli-whatever was pretty smart

She might not be cinderella to lose her shoe to find her prince or Rapunzel for that matter who will lift him up to set her free only to be lost in him, or Snow-white...

Learn from your past and shut the door behind to live in present.Our past is just like a dry rose which was once a rose with all colors of life, with sweet fragrance, with soft...

A rose is a mix of thorns with a flower, and is therefore half fuck you and half fuck me. If I gave you a dozen, would you fuck me 12 times?

Loving for beauty is like vowing a lifetime commitment to a rose. No-matter how sweet-scented or pink “petald”, every rose withers.

Thats why your doing this? Because Lissa told you to?

I had Lissa’s number memorized and I sent her the following note:I know what you’re going to do, and it is a BAD idea. I’m going to kick both your asses when I find you.

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.

She was chaos and beauty intertwined. A tornado of roses from divine.

There was a very obnoxious phase for Axl Rose. I’m sure if I had experienced as much success as he had, I would probably be a third as obnoxious. I’d probably be obnoxious, too. But...

I arose like a rose, and this is how I knew I was in love. In the garden of life, I’m better off in your neighbor’s yard.

Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being.No one was shallow....

The spell. Victor said you had to want me… to care about me… for it to work.” When he didn’t say anything, I tried to grip his shirt, but my fingers were too weak. “Did...

ʺWhy,ʺ he began slowly, ʺis Victor Dashkov joining us?ʺʺWell, itʹs kind of a funny story . . .ʺ

Okay?Okay?” People in the hall stared at us. I realized I was practically shouting. “He’s out of his mind. He set Ralf on fire. I thought we decided you weren’t going to see him anymore.””You...

But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we...

There is no faith in the smile of the rose

Our standard rate. A doubloon a day.”It was generous. More than generous–some families would put him up for a week for a single coin.”Half a doubloon a day,” she said.”No, you see, the idea behind...

I am always positive, prosperous-minded and filled with self-confidence.

Too bad. Family members hit you by accident. Psychopathic whores tend to come back for more.

We’re, uh, not in West Virginia.

Having your own, um, cave at eighteen is pretty cool.

Oh, that’s the beauty of the rose, that it blossoms and dies.

Her Prince! He might not be the handsomest man on earth. Not even the richest one too but he would have the purest of the heart and soul and he will love her with the...

Dennis Conner is Pete Rose in deck shoes.

My hands will get dirty holding your rose-like heart, because love is like gardening—it’s earthy and takes work to keep it alive.

I’ve sweated and grunted and pushed myself until I thought it would be easier to give up and die. ‘- Caroline

You’re so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.

Then the best thing I can do is—” He froze. The brown eyes that had been narrowed with aggravation suddenly went wide with…what? Amazement? Awe? Or perhaps that stunned feeling I kept having when I...

My dearest Rose,One of the few downsides to being awakened is that we no longer require sleep; therefore we also no longer dream. It’s a shame, because if I could dream, I know I’d dream...

She held up the pen and gave him a lazy grin. “It’s a rose.”He came close. “It’s a pen.” He tried to pluck it from her hand.”You are seriously lacking in imagination.

I’ll bet Ryan Lilly drinks coffee like a flower—a lily. I drink coffee more like two roses and a nose walk into a bar. I would tell you what the bartender said, but to be...

Mother Atkinson thought that every one should have a trade, or something to make a living out of , for rich people may grow poor, you know, and poor people have to work…. so when...

Other people spoke, and I tried to keep up with the translations. All the stories were about Dimitri’s kindness and strength of character. Even when not out battling the undead, Dimitri had always been there...

Sí, pero nosotros estamos vivos, Rose. No podemos dejar de vivir porque otras personas estén muertas

Wild and disrespectful? Who the hell are you anyway? Outsourced help?

My captivity with Dimitri. The way his mouth—so, so warm, despite his cold skin—had kissed mine. The feel of his fangs pressing into my neck and the sweet bliss that followed…He looked exactly the same...

Love is beyond space and time. It reaches out to the heart of the person that you are missing. Love binds two souls and not two bodies.

Once, when Tom was over here, to tease Rose, I asked him, “Before she was born, can you remember? Were things just the same as they are these days? Did it still rain and get...

How are you?””Perfectly fine,” he said.”Are your ribs broken?””Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully.””Did this settle anything?””It made me feel better,” he said, sitting up. “Did you see me kick him in...