Dani Ivashkov > Dani 's Quotes

“We all have moments of weakness. It’s how we recover from them that really counts.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Blues

“How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Blues

“Exactly," said Maddie. "What’s your favorite flavor?"
"I bet I can guess," said Simone. "Chocolate."
"Strawberry," said Maddie.
Losers. It was vanilla.
"Vanilla,” said Seth.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Shadows

“It was a nephilim.”

“A nephi-what?” asked Hugh, startled.

“Isn’t that a character on Sesame Street?” Peter spoke up for the first time.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Blues

“When you say ‘old friend,’ are we talking, like...since the Ice Age?”

“No. Of course not.”

“Oh.”

“It’s only been about four hundred years.”

“Ah. Yes. Only four hundred.” A wry expression spread over his face. “Being with you is a continual experiment in perspective. Among other things.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus on Top

“Since when do we even play games?”

“Since when don’t we play games? Games of life, games of death. Games of love, of hope, of chance, of despair, and of all the myriad wonders in between.”

I rolled my eyes at the newcomer. “Hello, Carter.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus on Top

“All right, Mortensen, last chance. Are you ready to make the switch from voyeur to exhibitionist?”

He inclined his head toward me curiously. “Are we still talking about dancing?”

“Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you want everyone here to think you’re the kind of guy who just sits around and—”

He stood up. “Let’s dance.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Blues

“Have you ever wanted to put on a Santa suit?"
"I have always wanted to do that," said Carter gravely.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Revealed

“That's not fair," I said.
"Georgina," he said simply. "We're in Hell.”
― Richelle Mead, Succubus Revealed

“I can't shut my brain off. It's like a hamster wheel." ~ Justin”
― Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“Sex and battle were each dangerous in their own ways.”
― Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki”
― Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.”
― Margaret Walker

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
― Herman Melville

“In the world I am
Always a stranger
I do not understand its language
It does not understand my silence”
― Bei Dao

“There's something ugly about the flawless.”
― Dennis Lehane, Sacred

“Families think they know what’s best for you. Your friends let you figure that out for yourself.”
― Kaitlin Bevis, Persephone

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Carl Sagan

“When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears.”
― Albert Camus, A Happy Death

“Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me.

But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“We're pieces on a gameboard, Dr. March, and some of us are more powerful than others. You. Me. Her. We're the ones the gods want. We're the ones they're fighting over.”
― Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“You’ll know her by a crown of stars and flowers, and then when you take her to your bed and claim her, you will swear your loyalty to me.”
― Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“Anger could flip to passion in a heartbeat.”
― Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods

“We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.”
― Leonora Carrington

“There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win.”
― Sharon Pollock

“Symptoms of Amor Deliria Nervosa

PHASE ONE:
-preoccupation; difficulty focusing
-dry mouth
-perspiration, sweaty palms
-fits of dizziness and disorientation
-reduced mental awareness; racing thoughts; impaired reasoning skills

PHASE TWO:
-periods of euphoria; hysterical laughter and heightened energy
-periods of despair; lethargy
-changes in appetite; rapid weight loss or weight gain
-fixation; loss of other interests
-compromised reasoning skills; distortion of reality
-disruption of sleep patterns; insomnia or constant fatigue
-obsessive thoughts and actions
-paranoia; insecurity

PHASE THREE (CRITICAL):
-difficulty breathing
-pain in the chest, throat or stomach
-complete breakdown of rational faculties; erratic behavior; violent thoughts and fantasies; hallucinations and delusions

PHASE FOUR (FATAL):
-emotional or physical paralysis (partial or total)
-death

If you fear that you or someone you know may have contracted deliria, please call the emergency line toll-free at 1-800-PREVENT to discuss immediate intake and treatment.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“Jesus!" Luke exclaimed.
"Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling.”
― Cassandra Clare