~+*+~ CHAPTER ONE ~+*+*~

"This wouldn't have been a problem if the two of them had been in bed like normal people-and by "being in bed," I mean "asleep.""
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"She didn't understand what it was like to be filled with a love so strong that it made your chest ache-a love you could only feel and not express."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"Keeping love buried was a lot like keeping anger pent up, I'd learned. It just ate you up inside until you wanted to scream or kick something."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"Praying the doors wouldn't squeak, I carefully opened one a crack, just enough to slip through. Once outside, I eased the door shut as gently as possible. No noise. At most, the guy would feel a draft. Feeling like a ninja, I stepped out into the light of day.
...
I spun around, startled. Dimitri stood there watching me, looking both amused and curious. ... I hadn't heard him approach at all. So much for my ninja skills."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"It would figure that while I was raging over the problems in my unfair love life, the source of those problems would be the one to find me."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"Honestly, would it have killed me to pick up a brush before I went outside? Hastily, I ran a hand through my long hair, knowing it was a little too late. It probably looked like an animal had died on top of my head."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

Rose: "I was testing dorm security. It sucks."
Dimitri: "You must be freezing. Do you want my coat?"
Rose: "I'm fine. What are you doing out here? Are you testing security too?"
Dimitri: "I am security. This is my watch."
Rose: "Well, good work. I'm glad I was able to help test your awesome skills."
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Shadow Kiss)

Dimitri: "What are you really doing out here?"
Rose: "I had a bad dream. I wanted some air."
Dimitri: "And so you just rushed out. Breaking the rules didn't even cross your mind—and neither did putting on a coat."
Rose: "Yeah. That pretty much sums it up."
- Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)



Rose: "I think you're the one who's cold. Shouldn't you be all tough and stuff, since you're from Siberia?"
Dimitri: "I don't think Siberia's exactly what you imagine."
Rose: "I imagine it as an arctic wasteland."
Dimitri: "Then it's definitely not what you imagine."
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Shadow Kiss)

Rose: "Well, don't worry. My birthday's coming up. ..."
Dimitri: "Yes, I'm sure. What is it about a month?"
Rose: "Thirty-one days"
Dimitri: "Not that your counting. I suppose you've made a birthday list too. Ten pages? Single-spaced? Ranked by order of priority?"
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Shadow Kiss)

Rose: "Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?"
Dimitri: "No."
Rose: "No?"
Dimitri: "No."
- Rose Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov (Shadow Kiss)

~+*+~ CHAPTER TWO ~+*+*~

"I hated being chastised by anyone. I especially hated being chastised by him (Dimitri). And I especially hated being chastised by him when he was right."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"That shut me down. It was pretty much the only thing that could have, and damn him (Dimitri), he knew it."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

"I was about to spend six weeks with Christian Ozera. He was sarcastic difficult, and made jokes about everything. Actually, he was a lot like me. It was going to be a long six weeks."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

~+*+~ CHAPTER THREE ~+*+*~

~+*+~ CHAPTER FOUR ~+*+*~

~+*+~ CHAPTER FIVE ~+*+*~

Dimitri: "Rose. You're a terrible liar."
Rose: "No, I'm not. I've told a lot of good lies in my life. People have believed them."
- Dimitri  Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

~+*+~ CHAPTER SIX ~+*+*~

Ryan: "Okay, okay. Whatever. Please, stop it. You're scaring her (Camille)."
Rose: "I'd be scared too, if my life was in your hands."
- Ryan Aylesworth and Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)



Rose: "Come on, You know me. Do you really think I'd do this? Abandon Christian and make myself look stupid on purpose just to get back at my teachers?"
Lissa: "No, You'd probably do it in a way where you wouldn't get caught."
Rose: "Dimitri said the same thing. I'm glad everyone has so much faith in me."
- Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir (Shadow Kiss)

"Now rumors of my humiliation were trickling down to the lower campuses. If I walked over to the elementary dorms, some six-year-old would probably tell me she'd heard that I killed Christian."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

Rose: "What other stories?” 
Jill: "About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are-“ 
Rose: "No, whatever you heard it’s not true.” 
Jill: "But it was really romantic” 
Rose: "Then it’s definitely not true!”
- Rose Hathaway and Jillian Mastrano (Shadow Kiss)

Deirdre: "Would you rather not talk about Lissa today?" 

Rose: "We can talk about whatever you think is useful."
Deirdre: "What do you think is useful?"
Rose - Damn it. She was doing the question thing again. I wondered if one of the certificates on her wall gave her some sort of special qualification to do that.
- Deirdre and Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

Dimitri: "No, it wont happen to you. You're too strong. You will fight it, just like you did this time"
Rose: "I only did it because you were here, I cant do it by myself"
Dimitri: "You can, you're strong--you're so, so strong. Its why I love you"
- Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

Rose: "Wait. You think I'm going to die? That's why you slept with me?" 
Dimitri: " No, no, of course not. I did what I did because... believe me, it wasn't because of that. Regardless of the specifics- or if it`s even true- she (Rhonda) was right about how easily things can change. We try to do what`s right, or rather, what others say is right. But sometimes, when that goes against who we are... you have to choose. Even before the Strigoi attack, as I watched all the problems you were struggling with, I realized how much you mean to me. It changed everything. I was worried about you- so, so worried. You have no idea. And it became useless to try to act I could ever put any Moroi life above yours. It`s not going to happen, no matter how wrong others say it is. And so i decided that`s something I have to deal with. Once I made that decision... there was nothing to hold us back. Well, to hold me back. I`m speaking for myself. I don`t mean to act like I know exactly why you did it." 
Rose: " I did it because I love you," I said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. And really, it was. 
Dimitri: "You can sum up in one sentence what it takes me a whole speech to get out." 
Rose: "Because it`s that simple. I love you, and I don`t want to keep pretending that I don`t."
- Rose Hathaway & Dimitri Belikov (Shadow Kiss)

Dimitri: "I also have a feeling your mother's going to have one ugly conversation with me."
Rose: "You're about to go face down Strigoi, and my mother's the one you're scared of?"
Dimitri: "She's a force to be reckoned with. Where do you think you got it from?"
Rose: "It's a wonder you bother with me then."
Dimitri: "You're worth it, believe me."
- Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

Rose: "Stop it! Do not use compulsion on me. You're my friend. Friends dont use their powers on each other"
Lissa: "Friends don't abandon each other. If you're my friend you wouldnt do it."
Rose: "It's not about you,okay? This time, its 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 at 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, buts it's my choice!"
Lissa: "You love him more than me,"
Rose: "He needs me right now."
Lissa: "I need you. He's gone, Rose."
Rose: "No, but he will be soon"
- Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir (Shadow Kiss)

"I set off, off to kill the man I loved."
- Rose Hathaway (Shadow Kiss)

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