Richelle Mead: There was no "me" in Alchemy. Well, phonetically there...

Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a while, you wake up in someone else's dream.

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romance break-up dream

Lissa knelt down, compassion on her face. I wasn't surprised, since she'd always had a thing for animals. She'd lectured me for days after I'd instigated the infamous hamster-and-hermit-crab fight. I'd viewed the fight as a testing of worthy opponents. She'd seen it as animal cruelty.

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fighting compassion animal

The future is always changing. If we had no choices, there'd be no point in living.

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no-point choices ifs

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.

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last-sacrifice care want

Sometimes it's worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination.

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journey sometimes travel

I looked at you... and saw your goodness, your hope, and your faith. Those are what make you beautiful. So, so beautiful. So it was't my hair?

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saws hair beautiful

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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agony missing trying

I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.

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love-of-my-life badass humor

The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.

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dimitri vampire arms

I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved you, and you destroyed me. You took my heart and ripped it up.

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i-loved-you saws heart

You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you’re less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone—not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee—push you around.

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brilliant coffee teacher

I haven’t even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.

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roza winning want

People who are crazy rarely question whether they're crazy.

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crazy people

I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age. The best is yet to come.

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get-better wine motivational

The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.

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shadow political powerful

Very often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle.

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succubus struggle desire

A ghostly smile flickered across his face. "If you weren't so psychotic, you'd be fun to hang around." "Funny, I feel that way about you too." He didn't say anything else, but the smile grew, and he walked away.

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say-anything fun way

Life’s like that. As we grow and change, some things we’ve experience before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your life.

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rest-of-your-life grows happens

Oh, so that's why you're up here. For a pity party." "This isn't a joke. I'm serious." I could tell Lissa was getting angry. It was trumping her earlier distress. He shrugged and leaned casually against the sloping wall. "So am I. I love pity parties. I wish I'd brought the hats. What do you want to mope about first? How it's going to take you a whole day to be popular and loved again? How you'll have to wait a couple weeks before Hollister can ship out some new clothes? If you spring for rush shipping, it might not be so long.

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wall couple spring

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

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wheel-of-fortune loses treasure

There was no "me" in Alchemy. Well, phonetically there was, but that wasn't the point.