#blood

Is our blood not the same color? Do we not bleed the same or share each other's burdens? ... What makes you and I so different, Ayden? ↗

— Nadège Richards

#diversity #hatred #love #race #love

Emily squared her shoulders and said simply, “I’m fine, I’m not really loving your social skills though. Don’t you know this is no way to start a conversation?” Emily’s mouth clamped shut at the expression on the monsters face. ↗

— Nicole Rae

#bravery #clandestine #emily-jameson #love

...I remember that my mother had always said to be polite and finish my meal. At last he gave no more struggles. The deed was done. Now the boat contained four men, not one heartbeat among us. The fate they had destined for another claimed them as well. The irony of it all was more delicious than the blood consumed. -- Quote by Lane DeLuca ↗

— Wynter Wilkins

#heartbeat #irony #strigoi #vampire #men

I don't really need a job or extra money. After Rose and I get married, the kids and I'll just live off of her guardian paycheck. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #money

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#bloodhound #clary-goodwin #goodwin #money #tamora-pierce

Roza." His voice had that same wonderful lowness, the same accent . . . it was all just colder. "You forgot my first lesson: Don’t hesitate. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dimitri #mead #richelle #vampire-academy #wonder

Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#revenge #blood

It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#poems-of-blood-and-passion #spring #spring

I sighed and stared off without any particular focus. "I miss him so much." "I'm sorry," she said. "Will it ever get better?" The question seemed to catch her by surprise. "I...I don't know. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose #sydney #focus

Yes. The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. That is why few people find God. They go to church and talk about him and that sort of thing. They may even go out and evangelize and try to win converts. But in their hearts, if they are honest with themselves, they are indifferent to him because they cannot see him. God is too abstract for people. God is a word without meaning. If Jesus came back today, nothing he said would make any sense to those who wait for him. They would be the first ones to kill him again. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#christopher-pike #thirst-volume- #love