Her throat ached: adoration, heartbreak, in equal measure. “Kiss me,” she said. “Please.

Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend.

Whither thou goest, I will go; Where thou diest, will I die And there will I be buried: The Angel do so to me, and more also, If aught but death part thee and me.

I love you. And I don't want to lose you.

Wherever we are, we are as one

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

We're not dating," Alec said again. "Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?

Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

Tell me you love me. Tell me you love me and will fight with me.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education?

You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you feel that you are loved as you love.

A parent knows better than any book or "expert" what their kid really needs.

Looking and seeing are two different things.

We are a nation of laws. And nobody can ignore our Constitution. No one's above the law. And that includes the president of the United States.

It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.

Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives - we are each of us unique.

The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.