Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) QUOTES

61 " You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

62 " Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe—kind of surprises me myself—but I guess it has to happen. It's probably some kind of karmic way to balance out the universe. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to have one person so full of awesomeness. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

63 " It's not about you, okay? This time, it's about me. Not you. All my life, Lissa... all my life, it's been the same. They come first. I've lived my life for you. I've trained to be your shadow, but you know what? I want to come first. I need to take care of myself for once. I'm tired of looking out for everyone else and having to put aside what I want. Dimitri and I did that, and look what happened. He's gone. I will never hold him again. Now I owe it to him to do this. I'm sorry if it hurts you, but it's my choice! "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

64 " Are you sleepwalking?' A voice asked behind me.
"I was testing dorm security," I said. "It sucks. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

65 " Did you mean it... that if Victor did tell...that you'd..." I couldn't finish. I couldn't bring myself to say the words have him killed.
"I don't have much influence in the upper levels of Moroi royalty, but I have plenty among the guardians who handle the dirty work in our world."
"You didn't answer the question. If you'd really do it."
"I'd do a lot of things to protect you, Roza. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

66 " Is he... is Dimitri a Strigoi?"
Mason hesitated only a moment, like he was afraid to answer me, and then—he nodded.
My heart shattered. My world shattered. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

67 " You aren't afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you're terrified of letting anyone in. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

68 " My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

69 " At the same time, we both pulled back briefly still oh so close. Everything in the word rested on that moment.
"We can't..." He told me.
"I know," I agreed.
Then his mouth was on mine again, and this time I knew there would be no turning back. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

70 " Oh. My. God. You're Rose Hathaway aren't you?"

"Yeah." I said with surprise. "Do you know me?"

"Everyone knows you. I mean, everyone heard about you. You're the one who ran away. And then you came back and killed the Strigoi. That is so cool! Did you get molnija marks?" Her words came out in one long string. She hardly took a breath.

"Yeah. I have two." Thinking about the tiny tattoos on the back of my neck made my skin itch.

Her pale green eyes—if possible—grew wider. "Oh my God. Wow." I usually grew irate when people made a big deal about molnija marks. After all, the circumstances had not been cool. But this girl was young, and there was something appealing about her.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Jillian—Jill. I mean, just Jill. Not both. Jillian's my full name. Jill's what everyone calls me."

"Right." I said, hiding a smile. "I figured it out."

"I heard Moroi used magic on that trip to fight. Is that true? I would love to do that. I wish someone would teach me. I use air. Do you think i could fight Strigoi with that? Everyone says I'm crazy!" For centuries, Moroi using magic to fight had been viewed as a sin. Everyone believed it should be used peacefully. Recently, some had started to question that, particularly after Christian had proved useful in the Spokane escape.

"I don't know." I said. "You should talk to Christian Ozera."

She gaped. "Would he talk to me?"

"If you bring up fighting the establishment, yeah he'll talk to you."

"Okay, cool. Was that Guardian Belikov?" she asked, switching subjects abruptly.

"Yeah."

I swore I thought she might faint then and there. "Really? He's even cuter then I heard. He's your teacher right? Like, your own personal teacher?"

"Yeah." I wondered where he was. Talking to Jill was exhausting.

"Wow. You know you guys don't even act like teacher and student. You seem like friends. Do you hang out when you're not training?"

"Er, well, kind of. Sometimes." I remembered my earlier thoughts, about how I was one of the few people Dimitri was social with outside of his guardian duties.

"I knew it! I can't even imagine that—I'd be freaking out all the time around him. I'd never get anything done, but your so cool about it all, kind of like, 'Yeah. I'm with this totally hot guy, but whatever it doesn't matter!'"

I laughed in spite of myself. "I think you're giving me more credit than I deserve."

"No way. And I don't believe any of those stories, you know."

"Um, stories?"

"Yeah about you beating up Christian Ozera."

"Thanks." I said. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

71 " Was it weird having a witch grandma? Scary? Was she always, like, threatening to cast spells if you were bad?"
"Most of the time she just threatened to send me to my room."
"That doesn't sound so scary to me."
"That's because you haven't met her. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

72 " That's pretty weird—and when I say something's weird, you know it's serious. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

73 " Rose. Listen to me. Run. Run as fast and as hard as you can back to your dorm. Tell the guardians."
I nodded. There was no questioning here.
Reaching out, he gripped my upper arm, gaze locked on me to make sure I understood his next words. "Do not stop," he said. "No matter what you hear, no matter what you see, do not stop. Not until you've warned the others. Don't stop unless you're directly confronted. Do you understand?"
I nodded again. He released his hold.
"Tell them buria."
I nodded again.
"Run. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

74 " Maybe you don't need beauty sleep, but some of us aren't so lucky. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

75 " Vladimir did great things—so could she. Besides, they come first, right?"
"Not always."
I stared. I'd had they come first drilled into me since I was a child. It was what all guardians believed. Only the dhampirs who'd run away from their duty didn't subscribe to that. What he said was almost like treason.
"Sometimes, Rose, you have to know when to put yourself first. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

76 " I couldn't stop staring at the cave, back where Dimitri was, back where half of my soul was. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

77 " Good God," I said. "This is the most stereotypical vampire food ever."
"Only if it was raw. What do you think?"
"It's good," I said reluctantly. Who knew that bacon would have made all the difference? "Really good. I think you have a promising future as a housewife while Lissa works and makes millions of dollars."
"Funny, that's exactly my dream. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

78 " I can't wait until this show gets on the road," he said. "You and me are going to have so much fun, Rose. Picking out curtains, doing each other's hair, telling ghost stories..."
The reference to "ghost stories" hit a little closer to home than I was comfortable with. Not that choosing curtains or brushing Christian's hair was much more appealing. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

79 " Stop bitching and try again. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

80 " He shrugged. "The same as any other. It's a way to make people feel better about themselves. Everyone likes feeling special. Being part of an elite group is a way to do that."
"But you weren't part of it?"
"No need. I already know I'm special. "

― Richelle Mead , Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)