'“They’re waiting for you. Go on in. If. You. Dare.” He poked Keith’s shoulder and gave a “Muhahaha” kind of monster laugh.'
- Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Sydney: "Am I interrupting your social calendar? I don't want to keep you from the mob of fans beating down your door."
Adrian: "Hey, a guy can hope. I mean, it's not impossible that a car full of scantily clad sorority girls might break down outside and need my help."
Sydney: "That's true. Maybe i can put a sign out front that says, 'ATTENTION ALLGIRLS: FREE HELP HERE.'"
Adrian: "ATTENTION ALL HOT GIRLS.'"
Sydney: "Right. That's an important distinction."
- Sydney Sage and Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
"I decided the Alchemists needed an entire department devoted to handeling Adrian Ivashkov."
- Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
'Keith was just bringing the glass to his lips when...'
Adrian: "Mmm. O positive, my favorite."
'Keith sprayed out the wine he'd just drunk and promptly started coughing. ... Clarence stared at his glass wonderingly.'
Clarence: "Is it? I thought it was cabernet sauvignon."
Adrian: "So it is. My mistake."
...
'Adrian flashed me a secret, knowing smile that seemed to say, That's payback for earlier.'
- Adrian Ivashkov and Clarence Donahue (Bloodlines)
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."
Sydney: "What did you use it on? The cupboards?"
Adrian: "The cupboards are fine. I cleaned the floor and the counter. I even got down on my knees."
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
Adrian: "My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?"
Sydney: "What about them?"
Adrian: "The color. When you stand in the light. They're amazing ... Like molten gold. I could paint those ... They're beautiful. You're beautiful."
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
"Being charming is my hobby"
- Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Micah: "I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other."
Adrian: "So does our mailman back in North Dakota."
Sydney: "South."
Adrian: "Right. There's something familiar about you Have we met?"
Micah: "I've never been to South Dakota."
Adrian: "That makes two of us."
- Micah Vallence, Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
Adrian: "You should've just gotten a kids' meal. You could have saved me a lot of money. And gotten a toy."
Sydney: "A lot' is kind of an exaggeration. Besides, now you have leftovers to help get you by."
- He rolled his eyes and stole a fry off my plate -
Adrian: "You're the one who should take the leftovers home. How do you even function on so little food? One of these days, you're just going to blow away."
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
Adrian: “I want the color. I want the 'bonus effects.' And I want it to look badass. You probably can't even do the design I want.”
Tattooist: “That's the least of your worries. I've been doing this for years. I can draw anything you want."
Adrian: "Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate hat on the skeleton. And a parrot on his shoulder. A skeleton parrot. Or maybe a ninja skeleton parrot? No, that would be overkill. But it'd be cool if the biker skeleton could be shooting some ninja throwing stars. That are on fire.”
- Adrian Ivashkov and a tattoo artist (Bloodlines)
Adrian: "That shower thing was hilarious"
Sydney: "It was irresponsible! Why can't anyone see that?"
Adrian: "But that bitch had it comming"
Syndey: "Have you guys forgotten why we're here? You of all people! You saw her die. Don't you get how important it is for her to stay save and keep a low profile?"
- Adrian was quiet for moments, and when I glanced over, his face was uncharacteristically serious. -
Adrian: "I know. But I don't want her to be miserable either. She... she doesn't deserve it. Not like the rest of us."
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
“Takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection. Well, except for my parents. They got it on the first try."
- Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Adrian: “You look confused."
Sydney: "I think I'm just overthinking things."
Adrian: "That's why I try to never do it.”
Sydney: "I think I'm just overthinking things."
Adrian: "That's why I try to never do it.”
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
“I just rely on natural talent. When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much.”
- Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
“So. Are you guys here to convert me or sell me siding?”
- Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Sydney: “I don't suppose that she just gave you the job based on looks alone?"
Adrian: "Why, Sage, you sweet talker."
Sydney: "Thats not what I meant! What happened?"
Adrian: "I told the truth."
Sydney: "Adrian!"
Adrian: "I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people."
Sydney: "Thats not bad."
Adrian: "Then she asked what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start?'"
Sydney: "Adrian!"
Adrian: "Stop saying my name like that. I told her the truth. By the time I was on the fourth one, she told me I could go.”
- Sydney Sage and Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Sydney: “Can't you . . . I don't know. Find a hobby or something?"
Adrian: "Being charming is my hobby."
- Sydney Sage and Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Sydney: “How? How could you have screwed this one up?"
Adrian: "When I got in, they said the manager was on the phone and would be a few minutes. So, I sat down and ordered a drink."
Sydney: "What did you order?"
Adrian: "A martini."
Sydney: "A martini. You ordered a martini before a job interview."
Adrian: "It's a bar, Sage. I figured they'd be cool with it.
- Sydney Sage and Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Sydney: “I have to get back there. Into that door."
Adrian: "What, like sneaking in? How very black ops of you. And oh, you know— dangerous and foolish."
Sydney: "I know. But I have to know something, and this may be my only chance."
Adrian: "Then I'll go with you in case that guy comes back. Never let it be said Adrian Ivashkov doesn't help damsels in distress.”
- Sydney Sage and Adrian Ivashkov (Bloodlines)
Adrian: “It's like living in a retirement home! Clarence is taking a nap right now, and he eats at five. It's so boring."
Sydney: "You've only been here for two days."
Adrian: "And that's been more than enough. The only thing keeping me alive is that he keeps a hefty supply of liquor on hand. But at the rate I'm going, that'll be gone by the weekend. Jesus Christ, I'm climbing the walls. Oh. Sorry. No offense to Jesus.”
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
Adrian: “I changed my mind. I'll take you up on helping me get a job."
- I almost swerved into oncoming traffic. -
- Adrian Ivashkov and Sydney Sage (Bloodlines)
Adrian: “Thanks for looking out for her, Sage. You're okay. For a human."
Syndey: "Thanks."
Adrian: "You can say it too, you know."
Sydney: "Say what?"
Adrian: "That I'm okay...for a vampire."
Sydney: "You'll have a hard time getting any Alchemist to admit that. But I can say you're okay for an irreverent party boy with occasional moments of brilliance."
Adrian: "Brilliant? You think I'm brilliant? You hear that, world? Sage says I'm brilliant.”
Sydney: “That’s not what I said!”
...
Adrian: “Come on, Sage. You understand how my mind works. You said I was brilliant, remember?”
Eddie: “You did?”
Sydney: “No! I never said that. Stop telling people that.
- Adrian Ivashkov, Sydney Sage and Edison Castile (Bloodlines)
