3 Vampire Series

There was a time that I got addicted to contemporary vampire series. I got sick of them after some time. But rationally thinking about it, I still think they're good enough. I'm not hard to please.

Now that the first part of the last installment of the Twilight Saga is out, I'm reminded of the two other Vampire series I read last year: "The Vampire Diaries" and "Vampire Academy".

"The Vampire Diaries" is now a popular TV series. I think the production steered away from the story of the book -- I'm not sure, I don't follow the TV series. If ever, I'm glad they did. The Vampire Diaries Book Series got so lengthy, boring, repetitive and pathetic.

The "Vampire Academy", I like better. The characters are captivating and their lines are memorable. However, I got very disappointed with its ending. I thought it would end after six  books -- let me repeat, SIX!!! I mean, it's no Harry Potter series. I was wrong! The ending was an indication that there would be another book where the then-minor characters will be the lead ones. I think the seventh book is out now.

The Twilight Series, in my opinion, is an entertaining series. I've read all four books in (figuratively) one-seating, I can't afford to hate it. I think it just got overrated, then gained a lot of haters, especially after the first movie was out. It was not what fans (and non-fans) expected --well, it was not what I expected. After "Twilight", I chose not to watch the succeeding movies in the cinema. The haters gained confidence and the fans lost theirs.

They're good books. But maybe I'm still sick of vampire series, I don't have any plans of reading any vampire book anytime soon.

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I failed to take note of Twilight Series quotations but here are remarkable lines from "The Vampire Diaries" and "Vampire Academy":


THE VAMPIRE DIARIES SERIES (by LJ Smith)


The Awakening

• Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace.
• She was like fire burning in ice, like the keen edge of a silver dagger.
• And there hadn't been butterflies in her stomach—there had been bats.
• It doesn't matter if you can't say it right now. I'll say it for both of us. And someday you'll learn.

The Struggle

• You’re the mirror?  …You’ve stolen my soul.

The Fury

• This was what the human brain did to itself when faced with something it simply couldn't deal with. Matt had shut down, turned off.
• "You won't let go of me?" - Elena; "No." - Stefan; "Then I won't be afraid." – Elena

Dark Reunion

• But just because it's hopeless doesn't mean it's all right to stop fighting.
• There's no excuse for giving up just because it looks like we're going to lose. We have to try—because the other choice is to surrender.
• The killer would have to shred him nerve from nerve, muscle from muscle, cell from cell to make him leave her.
• Deep down you just want to live your safe little lives in your safe little houses until you go to your safe little graves!
• To go on trying.
• I'm not like you? – Damon; It doesn't matter.-Stefan

The Return Nightfall

• She wanted to put into words all the feelings that were piled behind her clumsy tongue and stubborn mind.
• Boys! ...I mean I know they’re totally necessary and all, but sometimes they Just Don’t Get It. - Bonnie; Just wait till you try men. - Meredith
• And if the car breaks down, I’ll walk; and when I can’t walk anymore, I’ll crawl. But I will find him. – Elena

VAMPIRE ACADEMY SERIES (by Richelle Mead)


Vampire Academy

• You don't keep me around to be nice. - Rose
• Don’t worry. I won’t bite. Well, at least not in the way you’re afraid of. - Christian
• Teach me how to fight. I already know how to run away. - Rose
• If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you. - Dimitri

Frostbite

• Things die. But they don't always stay dead.
• This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen. In the real world, you can make your own miracles. -Rose
• It was one thing to accept that I couldn't have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could. - Rose
• You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.- Rose

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
• You don't have to keep up with the hard-to-get thing. You've already got me.-Adrian
• Rose is in red. But never in blue. Sharp as a thorn. Fights like one too. - Adrian
• My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect.- Adrian
• Everyone likes feeling special. Being part of an elite group is a way to do that. - Adrian; But you weren't part of it? - Rose; No need. I already know I'm special. - Adrian
• With someone you loved, you could be anywhere, and it would be incredible - Rose
• 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.-  Dimitri
• The minutes didn't fly, but they did eventually pass.
• You might be surrounded by clouds, but you’ll always be like sunshine to me. - Adrian 

Blood Promise

• You're burned into my mind forever. There is nothing, nothing in this world that will ever change that. – Dimitri
• I’ll count the seconds until you return - Christian
• As we grow and change, sometimes things we’ve experienced before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your life. - Dimitri
• You are young. You’ve barely lived. E veryone thinks their first love is the only one they'll ever have. - Abe
• Don't beat yourself up over what you could have or should have done. The past is gone. Move on to the future. – Avery
• We need to be together. – Dimitri; Why? - Rose;  Because i want you – Dimitri; Wrong answer. – Rose
• I will always love you. – Rose; That's what I was supposed to say. - Dimitri
• Adrian’s Voicemail: I know how devastated you must be to miss me but leave a message, and I’ll try to ease your agony as soon as possible. – Adrian

Spirit Bound

• It's a shame, because if I could dream, I know I'd dream about you. Without dreams, I have to be content with my own imagination--which is almost as good. - Dimitri
• Eternity will be lonely without you- Dimitri
• Rose, nothing in this world could make me hate you. - Adrian
• Don't be sorry you loved him. That's part of you, part you have to let go, yeah, but still something that's made you who you are. - Adrian
• Trying to figure it out was like being on a hamster wheel. A lot of work. No progress.
• You're beautiful in battle. Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven. – Dimitri; Funny. That is kind of why I'm here.- Rose; Angels fall, Rose.- Dimitri
• Not just a miracle. A fairy tale. 
• We'd known each other only a year, but we'd lived a lifetime in it - Rose
• Don't you think that if God can supposedly forgive you, it's kind of egotistical for you not to forgive yourself? - Rose
• I've given up on you. Love fades. Mine has.- Dimitri
• You can't help the way you feel. - Adrian
• You forget: I have an addictive personality. I’m addicted to you. - Adrian
• Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you will make me wake up. You'll disappear. – Adrian
• I cheat at cards and buy liquor for minors. But I would never, ever force you into something you don't want. - Adrian
• Sanctimonious Bitch! – Rose

Last Sacrifice

• Sometimes the greatest tests of our strengths are situations that don’t seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all. – Abe
• Tradition demands sacrifice… as does tragedy. 
• You’ve got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. – Victor
• Enjoy what you have, every little detail of wherever you are. Don’t focus on where you aren’t. – Dimitri
• It goes against every rule of the universe. – Rose
• Some rules are bigger than the universe. – Sydney
• You know, sometimes I think I love you. – Lissa; Sometimes? – Christian; All the time. But I’ve got to keep you on your toes. – Lissa; Consider me kept. – Christian
• It’s an honor to meet you at last. Seeing you from a distance was beautiful. Up close? Divine. – Blake Lazar
• You have good taste. Of course, since you’re dating me, we already knew that. – Adrian
• …anger based on calculated reason is more dangerous than anger based on blind hate.
• Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole…It’s you. You’re beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me. – Dimitri
• Behaviors and feeling rarely line up. – Sonya
• You’re so wise in many ways…and so young in others. – Sonya
• I don’t believe in soul mates, not exactly. I think it’s ridiculous to think there’s only one person out there for us. What if your soul mate is in Zimbabwe? What if he dies young? I also think “two souls becoming one” is ridiculous. You need to hold on to yourself. But I do believe in souls being sync, souls that mirror each other. – Sonya
• A queen must possess nothing to rule because she has to give everything she has to her people. Even her life. – Lissa
• That’s how we have survived. We hold on to our pasts and embrace our present. We take the best of it all and grow stronger. - Lissa