Top 100 Adrian Ivashkov Sydney Sage Quotes
#1. I can say you're okay for an irreverent party boy with occasional moments of brilliance."
"Brilliant? You think I'm brilliant?"
He threw his hands skyward. "You hear
that, world? Sage says I'm brilliant.
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#2. My nails dug into his back, and he trailed his lips down the edge of my chin, down the center of my neck. He kept going until he reached the bottom of the dress's V-neck. I let out a small gasp, and he kissed all around the neckline, just enough to tease.
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#3. I didn't care about anything except her and the way touching her drove me wild, even as her calm and steady presence soothed the storms that raged within me.
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#4. Escape plan number seventeen," I told her. "Run away and open a juice stand in Fresno."
"Why Fresno?"
"Sounds like the kind of place people drink a lot of juice.
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#5. Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy.
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#6. Sorry, Sage. Last I checked, you aren't an expert in
social matters ... "
"At least I take action. You? You let the world go by
without you. You have no spine. You don't fight back."
"You don't know the first thing about me, Adrian Ivashkov. I fight back plenty.
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#7. Historically inaccurate.' Adrian gestured at me with his other hand, the one not on my shoulder. Who the hell looks at you and says 'historically inaccurate'?
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#8. What am I supposed to do with a wool coat? Especially here in Palm Springs?"
"Sleep with it," he suggested. "Think of me.
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#9. Sydney: Ever had that happen? Once you can't have something, you want it that much more."
Adrian: "Yes. It happens all the time.
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#10. Dad," I said quietly, "I've always made it a rule in my life not to pick fights with children, cute animals, or ignorant old men. I will, however, make an exception for you if you ever touch or insult my wife again.
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#11. I certainly hadn't expected to walk away from today's trip with joint custody of a miniature dragon.
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#12. Sage." He laughed. "I'm into anything, so long as you're with me.
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#13. You're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other.
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#14. Metaphors. This was the cost of making out with an artist.
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#16. Callistanas aren't so bad either," I said, looking down at my satchel. "That 'pain in the ass' screeching saved me from a face full of acid."
Adrian put his hand to his heart in mock horror. "Sage, did you just swear?
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#17. So, what's this mean exactly?" he asked."You finally come around, and now you're going to just end things because of her?"
"Kissing you isn't exactly 'coming around.'"
He gave me a long, level look. "There was a lot more than kissing, Miss 'I'm a Quick Study.
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#18. Wow," said Adrian. He sat down on the bed and tested its bounciness, giving it a nod of approval. "This is amazing. What do you think, buttercup?"
"I have no words," I said honestly.
He patted the spot beside him. "Want to try it out?
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#19. I didn't realize when I brought him back here that you'd inflict more damage." I said, once I'd finished the story.
"I was defending your honor." Adrian gave me that devil-may-care smile that always managed to both infuriate and captivate me. "Pretty manly, huh?
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#20. I'm not dangerous," I breathed.
He brought his face toward mine. "You are to me."
And somehow, against all reason, we were kissing.
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#21. Out of old habit, I put my hand on my collarbone, touching a cross that was no longer there.
Don't let them change me, I prayed silently.Let me keep my mind. Let me endure whatever there is to come.
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#23. I know I'm not supposed to say this," he said. "But I think I love you more than ever."
I took his hand and tried not to think about how happy his words made me.
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#24. She snuggled back under the blanket with me, turned toward me so that she could rest her head on my chest. "I hear your heart," she said.
"Do you check every once in a while, just to make sure I'm not undead?
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#25. Are you sure?" he said. His tone was lighter now, turning him back into the Adrian I knew. "Because I've got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding.
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#26. But I'm just going to be out there having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind.
Adrian
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#27. You look confused," said Adrian.
I shook my head and sighed. "I think I'm just overthinking things."
He nodded solemnly. "That's why I try to never do it.
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#28. Can you come over to Amberwood? I need you to help me break curfew and escape my dorm."
There were a few moments of silence. "Sage, I've been waiting two months to hear you say those words. You want me to bring a ladder?
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#29. Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks ... then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get.
It's really not even fair to everyone else.
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#30. I need it! I need it! It's a royal heirloom!"
"Adrian?"
"What are you doing here?"
"Looking for you. Come on, we need to go. I'll drive you home."
"No, I can't. Not until we get it. He stole it!
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#31. My wife, ladies and gentlemen. Beauty, brains, and now brawn.
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#32. Isn't it obvious, Sage? No, of course it isn't. I did it so I'd have a reason to be around you - one I knew you couldn't refuse.
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#33. All right," I managed to say, just before I crumpled to the floor. "Let's see what you've got.
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#34. Ivashkov," she repeated, her face the picture of serenity. "My name is Sydney Ivashkov.
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#35. It doesn't matter," said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. "Some things are worth the trouble.
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#36. You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth.
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#37. What are you thinking?" I asked.
"That we should've been doing this a long time ago.
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#38. Sydney: I can do a lot of things, Adrian.
And - at the risk of sounding egotistical - I mean, well, I can do a lot of pretty awesome things that most people can't."
Adrian: "Don't I know it. You can change a tire in ten minutes while speaking Greek."
Sydney: "Five minutes.
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#39. Maybe I was in love, but I was still me, after all.
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#40. I know I'm not supposed to say this, but I love you.
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#41. I'm not a warrior or a goddess," I said at last.
Adrian leaned closer. "As far as I'm concerned, you're both.
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#42. I wrote back with a quick message:
How do you know about 24601? I refuse to believe you read the book. You saw the musical, right?
I hit send and received a response back from him almost immediately.
SparkNotes.
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#43. Plus it'll give you a chance to get us a wedding present. We're not registered anywhere, but we could seriously use some china and a blender.
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#44. I won't lie. Walking into a room and seeing your girlfriend reading a baby-name book can kind of make your heart stop.
"I'm no expert," I began, choosing my words carefully. "Well - actually, I am. And I'm pretty sure there are certain things we have to do before you need to be reading that.
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#46. Adrian: Do you smell that?"
Sydney: "I smell the paint, and ... wait ... is that pine?"
Adrian: "Damn straight. Pine-scented cleaner. As in, I cleaned. With these hands, these hands that don't do manual labor.
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#47. Because I've got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding."
"Why are they all high-calorie foods?
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#48. I'm guessing whatever 'ways' you have in mind aren't Jill-appropriate either."
"Put your books away and I'll show you.
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#49. Why on earth would you buy a car like this if you can't drive a stick? There are dozens of cars
new cars
that have automatic transmission. It'd be a million times easier."
Adrian shrugged. "I like the color. It matches my living room.
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#50. Are you in a suit?' I managed at last, my voice choking up. 'You didn't have to dress up for me.'
'Quiet, Sage,' he said. 'I'll make the hilarious one-liners during this daring rescue.
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#51. The tension between us kicked up a notch, and I realized that along with our bodies being nearer, so were our lips.
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#52. Something clenched in my chest, and for a moment, the whole world narrowed down to the green of his eyes.
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#53. Did Belikov bend the rules of time and space to get here so fast? He can do that, right?
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#54. You're presumptuous and arrogant and a whole lot of other things if you think I've changed my mind."
"You see, that's just it." There he was again, moving into my space. "I think you like the 'other things.
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#55. You got me a 'congratulations on getting
out of re-education' gift?
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#56. Sydney spent a lot of time on my bed these days.
Unfortunately, it wasn't with me.
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#57. He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew.
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#58. The ghost of a smile flickered across his lips. 'You're always the voice of reason. Just try listening to yourself once in a while.
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#59. I could see her toughening up, working hard to put all those emotions away because she thought that's what it meant to
be strong. I wanted to tell her that strength wasn't about hiding your feelings, that it was okay for her to feel this way after what she'd been through.
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#60. He almosted smiled. "There you go again. Why? Why do yo keep helping me?"
There were a million answers on my lips, everything from It's the right thing to do to I don't know. Instead, I said, "Because I want to.
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#61. You make learning fun. Like a children's book or after school special. Tell me about your ... um, Athenian women.
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#62. Who knows more about male weakness: you or me? Use my knowledge, Sage.
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#63. What is it with you and girls, Adrian, dear? Why do they either mean nothing to you or everything? It's always an extreme."
"Because I don't do things in halves, mom. Especially when it comes to love.
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#64. Whether it's simply some fierce animal
joining of mates or a sublime merging
of souls, she is mine, and I am hers.
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#65. Rose once told me "If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking."
Adrian Ivashkov to Sydney Sage
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#66. You're a terrible liar, Sage, but I'm still touched you'd attempt it for my
sake. A for effort.
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#67. Half condemn him and write him off as useless like him dad. The other half just shrug and indulge him and say, 'Well, that's Adrian.
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#68. But when I touch you, your aura ... it smolders. The colors deepen, it burns more intensely, the purple increases. Why? Why, Sydney?" He used that hand to pull me closer. "Why do you react that way if I don't mean anything to you?" There was a desperation in his voice, and it was legitimate.
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#69. Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a long time ... and it's all good.
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#70. Do you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesn't inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings.
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#71. Why not see which is brighter: your aura or the sun?
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#72. Oh, and I'm also happy to watch our darling little love child dragon while you're in St. Louis.
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#73. He always got this glint in his eyes when he complimented my looks, like he was seeing so much more than just my actual appearance.
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#74. You're a terrible liar, boy," Rand called after us.
"Is he right?" I asked quietly, once we'd put some distance between the guest cabin and us.
"That I'm a terrible liar? No. I'm a fantastic liar.
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#75. An image of Sydney's face appeared in my mind's eye, calm and lovely.
I believe in you.
My anxiety faded.
I took a deep breath and met the gazes of all those watching me in the room.
Who was I to do this?
I was Adrian Ivashkov.
And I was about to kick some ass.
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#76. My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him.
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#77. Well ... I'm on birth control"
I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took several moments of coughing before I could gasp out. "What?"
"It takes a while for it to start working, so I figured I should be prepared, just in case."
"Just in case," I repeated, still dumbfounded.
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#78. Work? Come on, Sage. Go buy a bikini and enjoy the pool while you're hanging around.
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#79. Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects.
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#80. Oh ... Adrian, I've got one more favor to ask you. A big one."
"Fondue?" he asked hopefully.
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#81. All the while, my mind reeled with what had happened.
I have a hickey. I let Adrian Ivashkov give me a hickey.
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#82. What's this? It looks like a lily."
"It is," he said. "No offense, but this lily is
kind of more badass than yours. If the Alchemists
want to buy the rights to this and
start using it, I'm willing to negotiate.
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#83. Speaking of Sonya ... I was thinking of something earlier. Something Wolfe said."
"Why, Adrian. Were you paying attention after all?"
"Don't start,Sage," he warned.(p 211)
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#84. Damn, you have no idea what I have been through today."
"Actually I have a pretty good idea.
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#85. Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?"
"Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all the time with art, ... That, and I know how to use a dictionary
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#86. Adrian: "But what are loyal and caring really worth?"
Sydney: "To me? Everything.
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#87. But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"
"To me? Everything.
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#88. Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my chest, my own heart was breaking. On my cheek, the lily reminded me who I was.
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#89. She continue kissing me with that ferocity, so much so that her lips lightly scraped my teeth. It was only a few drops, but as the sweet metallic taste of her blood touched my tongue, a blinding ecstasy flooded my body.
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#90. We all screw up. Everyone makes mistakes. That's what she did. It was bad judgment, that's all. You don't cut off the people you love for mistakes like that.
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#91. Different time, different place," I said. "Things can change. People can change.
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#92. You're a solid person, Sage. You're easy on the eyes, if a little skinny, and your ability to memorize useless information is going to totally hook in some guy.
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#93. I realized I'm in love. It's always been right in front of me.
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#94. I love you, and beneath all that logic, calculation, and superstition, I know you love me too.
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#95. He shook his head. "No. Because there's no one else out there who understands you like I do."
I waited for more. "That's it? You're not going to elaborate on what that means?"
Those green eyes held me. "I don't think I need to.
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#96. Sage?" Adrian lightly touched my arm, and I jumped at the feel of his fingertips against my skin. "You okay?"
"I don't know," I said softly. "I just thought of something crazy."
"Welcome to my world.
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#97. Easy there, Sage. I'm no gun-toting crazy guy. Crazy, yes. But not the rest.
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#98. And besides . . . I don't want to leave you. Er, you guys."
He smiled, and it lit up his whole face. "Well, 'we' are certainly happy to hear that. Oh, and I'm also happy to watch our darling little love child dragon while you're in St. Louis."
I grinned back.
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#99. He shook his head in mock sympathy. I tell you, Sage. Sometimes I think I am the one who needs to take out the restraining order on you.
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#100. Everything's about my personal entertainment. The world is my stage. Keep it up- you're becoming a star performer in the show.
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