He stepped back and threw his arms out.
"I'm always crazy around you Rose. Here, I'm going to write an impromptu poem for you."
He tipped his head back and shouted to the sky:
"Rose is in red
But never in blue
Sharp as a thorn
Fights like one too.


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God might work on mysterious ways, but hell worked on efficient ones.
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Adrian smiled and clasped my hands, taking a few steps toward me. "And as for who you are, you’re ...
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Je t'aime Roza...je serais là pour toi. Je ne laisserais jamais rien t'arriver.
Et je ne laiss...
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What were good and evil, really, but stupid categories? Stupid categories
that restricted peopl...
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Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?"
"Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all t...
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But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"
"To me? Everything.
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I want her to be happy. It's worth sacrificing myself." -Eddie
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He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?"
Hopper could exist in this l...
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and afterward, after it was done, it was too much, and I felt like I was going to... I don't know......
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She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only w...
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Well...I'm on birth control"

I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took sev...
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I should go," I said thickly. "Let me know when you want to start practice again. And thanks for...t...
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Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?"
"No"
"No?"
"...
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Guardian Belikov is the princess's guardian now," said Kirova, "Her sanctioned guardian."
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You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll be like sunshine to me.
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You look confused," said Adrian.
I shook my head and sighed. "I think I'm just overthinking thi...
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They’re waiting for you. Go on in.” Adrian leaned close to Keith’s ear and spoke in an ominous...
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Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good lo...
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I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved yo...
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Who is he?"
"An idiot, said Adrian. "Makes me look like an upstanding member of society.
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Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate ...
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You, know I'm the Queen's favorite great nephew, Well, yeah I'm her only great nephew, but that's no...
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Don't worry, little dhampir. You might be surrounded by clouds, but you'll always be like sunshine t...
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You've asked me out tons of times."
"Not really. I've made inappropriate suggestions and freque...
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I know how devastated you must be to miss me, but leave a message, and I'll try to ease your agony
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That means nothing," said Abe with a shrug. I had a feeling that if I stood and suddenly confessed t...
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Hello," I said stiffly.
His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again."
"Alwa...
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You think that I'm so manipulative and scheming, Miss Sage? It's all for them. For my loved ones fir...
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He smiled willingly. "Well, I always aim to help others in need."
"Yeah," a new voice suddenly ...
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I expected Abe to yell for everyone to shut up or something like that. Of course, Nathan had been tr...
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So, I want to try to spend more time with Dad."
Abe glanced at Rose."You see that?" He said. "N...
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Who are these people?" my mother asked.
"Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enou...
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Well, well, well," I said. "If it isn't the people responsible for unleashing Rose Hathaway on the w...
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Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's p...
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Ah, Belikov," said Abe, shaking Dimitri's hand. "I'd been hoping we'd run into each other. I'd reall...
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I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side ...
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She reached out and touched the bright colors of the cashmere scarf, her face filled with wonder as ...
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Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the lega...
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What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him.
"Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn...
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Don't fight them anymore.I'm going to go with them."
"No. I won't let them take you."
"You...
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Because it gives him and excuse to be around her--without making it look like he gave in first. That...
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You approve?" I asked, spinning around.

He slipped an arm around my waist. "Unfortunately...
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You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all s...
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Dimitri.
I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ...
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I'm sorry."

"Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorr...
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That," I told Tatiana, "is the most fucked-up law I have ever heard.
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As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that h...
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In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."
"I've given up on you,"...
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What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you wi...
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Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back." He turned away ...
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I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching.
Love, Dimitr...
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Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time.
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You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially her...
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I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did."

I frow...
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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 hai...
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Don't touch her," he growled.
There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had b...
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Checkmate, bitch.
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Damn it," I muttered.

"What?" asked Adrian.

"I hate when you're the sane one...
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You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar...
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Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot realit...
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He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can thre...
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Sweat isn't a bad thing," he said, leaning his head against the wall thoughtfully. "Some of the best...
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It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword."
"I can’t. I can�...
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That's pretty hot," he said.
"Punching me in the eye?"
"Well, no. Of course not. I meant t...
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By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires,...
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Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a...
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what's your name?"
what?" i asked, squinting at the light.
your name." I reconized Dr. Ole...
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Don't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible.
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You were wrong. She really is the new general in town."
I smiled back, hoping he wasn't aware o...
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And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer.
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I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...]...
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I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h...
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A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought.
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