Throughout history, people with new ideasโwho think differently and try to change thingsโhave always been called troublemakers.
Richelle MeadDo you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesnโt inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings.
Richelle MeadYes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together. -Dimitri to Rose on their relationship
Richelle MeadLook, Sage. I don't know much about chemistry or computer hacking or photosynthery, but this is something I've got a lot of experience with." I think he mean photosynthesis, but I didn't correct him. "Use my knowledge. Don't let it go to waste.
Richelle MeadIs it really so terrible being around us?" I blushed. "No," I said. "But . . . it's complicated. I've been taught certain things my entire life. Those are hard to shake." "The greatest changes in history have come because people were able to shake off what others told them to do.
Richelle MeadDon't be too hasty," she warned. "Conserve your strength. If you're too eager to fight the undead, you may find yourselves joining them. Then you'd never see us again, and we'd be very sad." "Yes," said Christian. "I'd cry into my pillow every night." I resisted the urge to kick him. "Well, I couldn't visit if I was Strigoi, yeah, but hopefully I'd just die a normal death. Then I could come see you as a ghost.
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