#academy

Adrian opened his mouth, undoubtedly ready with some inappropriate and mocking comment. Lissa gave him a sharp headshake that kept him quiet. "Aren't there any, I don't know, sleeveless options?" The saleswoman's eyes widened. "No one has ever worn straps to a funeral. It wouldn't be right." "What about shorts?" asked Adrian. "Are they okay if they're with a tie? Because that's what I was gonna go with." The woman looked horrified. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#last-sacrifice #lissa-dragomir #richelle-mead #vampire-academy #sacrifice

Who’s she? Just another Ivashkov. There are tons of them. Probably because all the guys like Adrian and have all sorts of illegitimate children." "Adrian doesn’t have any children." "That we know of. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #vampire-academy #children

You can't fool me, comrade. You want to put on a cowboy hat and keep lawless bank robbers in line.'' "No time. I have enough trouble keeping you in line. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#trouble

I'm really not good with impulse control. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #control

You'll be eighteen soon, but even so…" He sighed. "When this comes out, a lot of people aren't going to be happy." "Yeah, well, they can deal." Rumors and gossip I could handle. "I also have a feeling your mother's going to have a very ugly conversation with me." "You're about to face down Strigoi, and my mother's the one you're scared of? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #vampire-academy #conversation

Everything's about my personal entertainment. The world is my stage. Keep it up- you're becoming a star performer in the show. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#bloodlines #sydney-sage #vampire-academy #vampires #adrian-ivashkov

None of you appreciate me. Why is it so hard to believe that I could make a real contribution in these dark rimes? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#shadow-kiss #vampire-academy #adrian-ivashkov

No, I can just read you. Finally. I can't believe how blind I was. I can't believe I never noticed. Victor's comment...he was right." She glanced off at the sunset, then turned her gaze back on me. A flash of anger, both in her feelings and her eyes, hit me. "Why didn't you tell me?" she cried. "Why didn't you tell me you loved Dimitri? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #shadow-kiss #vampire-academy #anger

I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time. ↗

— Josef Albers

#also #before #big #good #had

We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#admiral #apartment #brother #colonel #common