We all deserve to live in a world where our rights aren't violated at the whim of our leaders. It doesn't matter if our leaders are kings and queens, or the people who claim to save us from them.

Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.

Sometimes bad things happen when you try to do something good.

If they didn't take you seriously, they would never see you coming.

We can only be responsible for what we ourselves do.

Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired in a well of selfpity and pain.

There was that word again.Mature. Was this what maturity was? Giving up on the things we wanted because we knew we'd never get them?

Because I know from experience that sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.

Sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.

...You are my compass star." And he was hers.

I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true.

When we buy books we're fooling ourselves into thinking we buy the time to read them.

Jesus does not love any child (young or old) because the child is good. Jesus loves his children because he is good.

Jace stood up, knocking his chair back violently. "You are not taking Clary to the Seelie Court without me and THAT is FINAL.

Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class.

What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.

May we be as severe with ourselves over our own subtle sins as we are with the vile sins we condemn in others

Any coach worth his salt will take a look at that and say, 'I'll take my chances with that'

I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not succeeding.

As I have continued to make music and progress as an artist, I think I am steadily getting better at expanding my lyrical content and defining who I am as an artist.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear