Richelle Mead Quotes

Nico drank from the chalice, then offered it to Jason. "You asked me about trust, and taking a risk? Well, here you go, son of Jupiter. How much do you trust me?" Frank wasn't sure what Nico was talking about, but Jason didn't hesitate. He took the cup and drank.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment's notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow - that's vulnerability.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

I'd rather trust nine people and have the 10th one stab me in the back. I'd take that fall in order to have those nine friendships or working relationships instead of having none. That's not living.

Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit.

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

In love, we have to dare everything if we really love.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.

I don't know what it is to love the way they love-they would jump off a bridge for me. I can't do that. I can only say, I owe you.

It is worth being shot at to see how much one is loved.

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

I am indebted to no man and only one woman. My dear wife.

It’s the least I could do for her. She served me so well for so long and asked nothing in return.

I owe my brother a great deal.

I owe a debt to my country 800 times greater than I could ever repay.

My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.

I live by family over everything.

Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.

It would feel like a smack in the face to sign with any label outside of Dre's. He took a risk on me, and that means everything.