How generous the universe could be, when he wanted to be!
Oh, the universe had outdone herself. The universe would be send flowers.
When one steals a flying balloon and animates it to fly over Paris, one should, ideally, have some idea how said balloon normally works.
Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons – these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world – it seemed to have no pattern, no form. Their quicksilver politics. Their short lives...
She jerked hastily back to avoid stepping on it, and her shoulder bumped his – he put a hand out to steady her, just as she turned to apologize and then she was somehow in the circle of his arm and he was kissing her.
Isabelle: Do you want some soup? Jace: No Isabelle: Do you think Hodge will want some soup? Jace: No one wants soup Simon: I want some soup! Jace: No, you don’t. You just want to sleep with Isabelle.
I was looking for the opposite, really -something that might put an end to being in love.
It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be unique.
Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable, Brother Zachariah to Clary Fray.
It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim.
It really was getting difficult to be wonderful.
It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.
She had a plan. Even if it was a little insane.
I don’t suppose it would be possible to, er, step on him?
Yes, Consul. The next time one of our esteemed members turns into a worm and eats another esteemed member, we will inform you immediately.
No fewer than four of my esteemed elders told me I was on no account to ever converse with you, so I vowed that I would know you. My name is Edmund Herondale. May I ask your name? They reffered to you only as ’that disgraceful one-warlock show.
I shall never eat duck again. I cannot believe I used to like duck. The duck betrayed me.
Vampires bore a grudge longer than any technically living creatures, and whenever they were in a bad temper, they expressed themselves through murder.
I want my people to be protected, strong, and not to be driven into corners until they either become killers or are killed!
Sometimes he thought they were all forsaken, every soul on this earth.