--- title: "8 Minutes Quotes By Richelle Mead" description: "8 Minutes quotes by Richelle Mead. Plus more from Richelle Mead and more Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/richelle-mead-46_bars_how-i-demanded-how-could-you-have-screwe_535610.jpg" --- > [How?" I demanded. "How could you have screwed this one up?" "When I got in, they said the manager was on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/how-i-demanded-how-could-you-have-screwed-this-one-up-when-i-got-in/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/richelle-mead-46_bars_how-i-demanded-how-could-you-have-screwe_535610.jpg) > [Sydney: I can do a lot of things, Adrian. And—at the risk of sounding egotistical —I mean, well, I can do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/sydney-i-can-do-a-lot-of-things-adrian-and-at-the-risk-of-sounding/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/richelle-mead-46_egotistical_sydney-i-can-do-a-lot-of-things-adrian-a_949749.jpg) > [That was ridiculous," I told Dorian, once she'd left. "She's not the kind of person to fall for your flirting." "On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/that-was-ridiculous-i-told-dorian-once-she-d-left-she-s-not-the-kind/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/richelle-mead-46_cold_that-was-ridiculous-i-told-dorian-once-s_1437639.jpg) > [This dress makes me look fat," I told Jasmine as we stood near the back of the crowd and watched the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/this-dress-makes-me-look-fat-i-told-jasmine-as-we-stood-near-the-back/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/richelle-mead-46_crowds_this-dress-makes-me-look-fat-i-told-jasm_2292081.jpg) > [When we were almost to the other campus, I felt the weird nausea hit me. I called a warning to Christian, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/when-we-were-almost-to-the-other-campus-i-felt-the-weird-nausea-hit/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/richelle-mead-46_badass_when-we-were-almost-to-the-other-campus_2637994.jpg) > [I'm always at least ten minutes early.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/i-m-always-at-least-ten-minutes-early/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/richelle-mead-46_early_i-m-always-at-least-ten-minutes-early-29_2965000.jpg) > [Poor Martin. Geek or no, committing his soul to eternal damnation was a helluva price to pay for six minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/poor-martin-geek-or-no-committing-his-soul-to-eternal-damnation-was-a/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/richelle-mead-46_damnation_poor-martin-geek-or-no-committing-his-so_2974719.jpg) > [Doug returned five minutes later and shook his head. "Sorry kid. She's single, but she doesn't think you're her type. She's into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/doug-returned-five-minutes-later-and-shook-his-head-sorry-kid-she-s/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/richelle-mead-46_glasses_doug-returned-five-minutes-later-and-sho_3228338.jpg) ## Other authors on Minutes ## More by Richelle Mead > [“Jerome shrugged. “We’re back to the part where I don’t give a fuck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/jerome-shrugged-we-re-back-to-the-part-where-i-don-t-give-a-fuck/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [His fingertips slid down from my face, lightly stroking the line of my neck, down toward my shoulder. Everywhere he touched, a trail of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/his-fingertips-slid-down-from-my-face-lightly-stroking-the-line-of-my/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“A piece of heaven?" I managed to ask. He slowly shook his head. "No. The other place. The one I'm going to burn in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/a-piece-of-heaven-i-managed-to-ask-he-slowly-shook-his-head-no-the/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [When I talked to him earlier, he said he had to work tonight,” Peter explained, “but that we should go ahead and draw for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/when-i-talked-to-him-earlier-he-said-he-had-to-work-tonight-peter/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [It was a nephilim.” “A nephi-what?” asked Hugh, startled. “Isn’t that a character on Sesame Street?” Peter spoke up for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/it-was-a-nephilim-a-nephi-what-asked-hugh-startled-isn-t-that-a/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/life-and-death-were-so-unpredictable-so-close-to-each-other-we/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“I watched, enthralled, as he painted a large silver heart with flames edging one side. The whole design was Celtic in style. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/i-watched-enthralled-as-he-painted-a-large-silver-heart-with-flames/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“I loved Aeson. You have no idea what love is.” “Oh, I do. I know that it’s the best high and the worst hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/i-loved-aeson-you-have-no-idea-what-love-is-oh-i-do-i-know-that-it-s/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“Why would you do that? Why would you act like you didn't know how to drive?" "Isn't it obvious, Sage? No, of course it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/why-would-you-do-that-why-would-you-act-like-you-didn-t-know-how-to/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“Everything I’d fought for, every challenge, every victory … all of it was empty if anything happened to him. Without him, I wouldn’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/everything-i-d-fought-for-every-challenge-every-victory-all-of-it-was/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [Is it true? You had a clean getaway and risked it all for me?" I Swallowed. "It wouldn't have been a clean getaway without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/is-it-true-you-had-a-clean-getaway-and-risked-it-all-for-me-i/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [Keith was just bringing the glass to his lips when Adrian said, "Mmm. O positive, my favorite." Keith sprayed out the wine he'd just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/keith-was-just-bringing-the-glass-to-his-lips-when-adrian-said-mmm-o/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“Life’s like that. As we grow and change, some things we’ve experienced before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/life-s-like-that-as-we-grow-and-change-some-things-we-ve-experienced/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [Hey Sydney," she said, giving me a small, crooked smile as she entered the room. Her flashing, dark eyes were friendly, but they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/hey-sydney-she-said-giving-me-a-small-crooked-smile-as-she-entered/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) > [“Sydney Katherine Sage,” he said, his green eyes full of love and earnestness. “Would you do a brooding, deadbeat Moroi the honor of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/sydney-katherine-sage-he-said-his-green-eyes-full-of-love-and/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/minutes/richelle-mead/#itemlist", "name": "8 Minutes Quotes By Richelle Mead", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How?\" I demanded. \"How could you have screwed this one up?\" \"When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would be a few minutes. 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