The suffering of either sex -- of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared, to take the strong initiating or patriarchal role that is still demanded of him, or of the female who has been given too much freedom of movement as a child to stay placidly within the house as an adult -- this suffering, this discrepancy, this sense of failure in an enjoined role, is the point of leverage for social change.


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Adrian, I'm on a date. Why are you here? On my car?
RICHELLE MEAD
Your... Your aura. It's... amazing. It's shining. I mean, it always shines, but today... Well I've n...
RICHELLE MEAD
Then the best thing I can do is—"

He froze. The brown eyes that had been narrowed with...
RICHELLE MEAD
Sometimes it's worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination.
RICHELLE MEAD
If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.
RICHELLE MEAD
Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held.

He was in a precarious pos...
RICHELLE MEAD
What If Following Her Heart
Means Rose Could Lose Her
Best Friend Forever?
RICHELLE MEAD
Do not do that again," he said stiffly.
"Don't kiss me back then," I retorted.
He stared a...
RICHELLE MEAD
If we want to make something really superb on this planet, there is nothing whatever that can stop u...
SHEPHERD MEAD
He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.
RICHELLE MEAD
With a few swift steps, Adrian stood in front of me again. The wall was only a couple inches behind ...
RICHELLE MEAD
But each time you use spirit, you're more likely to go crazy.”
“Already crazy about you, Sa...
RICHELLE MEAD
Wait,” he said. “That’s not a word.”

I looked down to where, in a moment of despe...
RICHELLE MEAD
We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.
MATT MEAD
Are you in a suit?' I managed at last, my voice choking up. 'You didn’t have to dress up for me.'<...
RICHELLE MEAD
Look, Sage. I don't know much about chemistry or computer hacking or photosynthery, but this is some...
RICHELLE MEAD
So many details came into focus. The shape of his lips, the line of his neck. “I’m not dangerous...
RICHELLE MEAD
My nails dug into his back, and he trailed his lips down the edge of my chin, down the center of my ...
RICHELLE MEAD
I’m not a warrior or a goddess,” I said at last.

Adrian leaned closer. “As far as I...
RICHELLE MEAD
I won’t lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of m...
RICHELLE MEAD
Because I’ve got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding."
RICHELLE MEAD
Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it com...
RICHELLE MEAD
Really, Sage? A date?”
I sighed. “Yes, Adrian. A date.”
“A real date. Not, like, d...
RICHELLE MEAD
You're not as much of a lost cause as she was. I mean, with her, I had to overcome her deep, epic lo...
RICHELLE MEAD
I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handling Adrian Ivashkov.
RICHELLE MEAD
I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when ...
RICHELLE MEAD
Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection." He paused to reconsider that. "Well, except for my ...
RICHELLE MEAD
How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.
RICHELLE MEAD
I don't balance you like you need."
"What the hell does that mean?" he exclaimed.
My heart...
RICHELLE MEAD
Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or ano...
MATT MEAD
I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actua...
RICHELLE MEAD
The center will hold.”

“How do you know?”

“Because we are the...
RICHELLE MEAD
My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?"

That uncomfortable feeling was s...
RICHELLE MEAD
Hey, if you'd wanted to avoid 'this,' you shouldn't have lured me last night. Now it's too late. You...
RICHELLE MEAD
You've always been my equal, Roza.
RICHELLE MEAD
We can't..." he told me.
"I know," I agreed.

Then his mouth was on mine again, and t...
RICHELLE MEAD
You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can.
RICHELLE MEAD