Quotes by Melissa de la Cruz

About Melissa de la Cruz:

Melissa de la Cruz is an American author, known for her work in young-adult fiction. Her works include the Au Pair series of novels and the Blue Bloods series.
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As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn't go crazy. At least not today.

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It was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while that they were merely two young people in love and nothing else.

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Kingsley nodded. 'Of course. Sophia always did say wisdom had to be earned.

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Just because I worked in fashion doesn't mean I didn't go to see 'Underworld' three times!

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I don't write that much horror. People tell me my books are scary, but they're not really; I don't go there.

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Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves.

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Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.

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This is not some silly game...This is life and death Angels and demons.

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Who knew that the path to a womans heart was through the soul of an honest man?

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Dude you scare me sometimes! You're all vampire superwoman

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I lived for those moments when we were together, those few times in my life that I actually felt alive.

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It wasn't a lie, not at all like one of those lies she told herself all the time, like This is the last drink of the evening, or I'm not going to set the bitch's house on fire.

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I was always a sci-fi and fantasy geek. I was in the 'Lord of the Rings' club and all my cool friends made fun of me.

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As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!

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Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.

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I haven't paid for anything since I became famous.

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We all want to live forever, but we don't want to suck blood to do it, right? I think people like to have these deep moral questions that don't come up in real life.

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I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.

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I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in huge spurts - I could turn around a revision in two weeks, I used to be able to write 10,000 words a day. It's like, 'Wow, what happened to that?' Th...

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Author Bio

  • NameMelissa de la Cruz
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJuly 7, 1971
  • CountryPhilippines; United States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter