Richelle Mead - Vampire Academy (2007)

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None of the bravado he usually showed was there. I guess there was "usually" and then there was being held in the grip of a really ripped, really tall, and really pissed off Russian guy.

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And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.

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Cool, I said. You can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your homework.

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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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I eyed Dimitri, recalling a shadow in my periphery back in the ballroom. "You followed when I jumped in front of Lissa, didn't you? Who were you going for? Me or her?" He studied me for several long seconds. He could have lied. He could have given the easy answer by saying he'd intended to push both of us out of the way-if that was even possible, which I didn't recall. But Dimitri didn't lie. "I don't know, Roza. I don't know.

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Another power I don't have," said Lissa ruefully. I grinned. "Hey, I have yet to meet any spirit user who can throw a punch like you can. That was poetry in motion, Liss." She groaned.

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Feel guilty. Mourn this. But move on. Don't let it destroy you. Forgive yourself.

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This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen.

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What do you mean it wasn't anything? Didn't the earth move or the planets align or something? -Rose to Lissa on sleeping with Aaron

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A gun I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought. I'd spent my life focusing on hand to hand combat, learning to dodge fangs and powerful hands that could snap my neck. A gun? It was so… well, easy. Should I be insulted? I didn't know. Did it matter? I didn't know that either. All I knew in that moment was that I was going to die, regardless.

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If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hair feels like silk between my fingers. I'd dream about the smoothness of your skin and the fierceness of your lips when we kiss. Without dreams, I have to be content with my own imagination—which is almost as good. I can picture all those things perfectly.

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Donʹt worry now about what you canʹt change. Rest when you can so youʹll be ready for tomorrowʹs battles

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It was nice to see someone who appreciated her for her character, no matter how disgusted Christian was by the idea of ANYONE dating his aunt. And I actually kind of liked seeing Christian so obviously tormented. It was good for him.

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You see something you like?" I asked, echoing something I'd said to him ling ago, when he'd caught me in a compromising position at school. "Lots," he said. -Rose (Roza) to Dimitri

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

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Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I'll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. I mean, trapping that one between the doors really shouldn't have worked, so clearly you're on board. Let me get out of here, and I'll...I don't know. Donate Adrian's money to the poor. Get baptized. Join a convent. Well, no. Not that last one.

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Yeah according to my- Hey, are you staring at my chest? -Rose to Adrian

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I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age. The best is yet to come.

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Plus, I was about to spend six weeks with Christian Ozera. He was sarcastic, difficult, and made jokes about everything. Actually, he was a lot like me. It was going to be a long six weeks.

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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.

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That's pretty weird—and when I say something's weird, you know it's serious.

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Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.

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I saw him because I see everything. Easy when no one notices you.

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Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all.

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They're true," I replied defiantly. "I came here to kill you. And if I can't do that, then I'd rather die." "You failed, you know. On the street." "Yeah. I kind of figured that out when I woke up here.

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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 too, with that chalky white pallor and red-ringed eyes that so conflicted with the soft, chin-length brown hair and otherwise gorgeous lines of his face. He even had a leather duster on.

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Despite his cynical exterior, he had a good heart-and Lissa owned most of it.

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She might be unarmed, but Rose Hathaway was in possession of many weapons.

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Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.

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His fingers never ceased to amaze me. They could break a man's neck, bandage a wound, and slide sensually across bare skin.

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