He had to escape. He had to go and become a hero, the way he had been once.
I’ve been around for a long time. I’ve also been gorgeous for a long time.
Kit’s jaw was still set. Jem knew that look. Herondales were always flames, he thought. They loved and suffered as if they would burn away with the sheer force of their own fire.
Julian?” Emma called. “Julian, is that you?
Feeling is what makes us human. Even the most difficult feelings. Perhaps especially those. Love, loss, longing – this is what it means to be truly alive.
Ah, there you are,” said Scarsbury. “George Lovelace was beside himself. He wanted to assemble a search party for you.” Simon regretted his spiteful thoughts about George’s horsemanship. “Let me guess,” said Simon. “Everyone else said ‘Nah, being left for dead builds character.
He touched her cheek. It was colder than the floor had been. “You could give me the past,” he said a little sadly. “But Alec is my future.
Being too cool for school was Jace’s thing.
It was easier to live in a truth than a lie.
Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to in a state of shock, stood frozen. Several groups of people- Shadowhunters and Downworlders alike- were staring and whispering. Glancing to the side, Simon saw the Lightwoods, their eyes wide, gaping at the display. Maryse had her hand over her mouth.
But you’re the love I chose, Emma. Out of everyone in the world, out of everyone I’ve ever known, I chose you. I’ve always had faith in that choice. At the edge of everything, love and faith have always brought me back, and back to you.
I want the Law to change. I do not want to get married until we can get married in gold.” Alec.
Mundanes can be heroes too,” said James. “You should know that better than I. Your mother was a mundane! My father told me about all she did before she Ascended. Everyone here knows people who were mundanes. Why should we isolate people who are brave enough to try to become like us -who want to help people? Why should we treat them as if they’re less than us, until they prove their worthiness or die? I won’t do it.
I’m a mess, but I’m not an idiot. I just wanted to be alone and think depressing thoughts.
Forty-nine thousand, two hundred and seventy-five days since I last kissed you,” he said. “And I thought of you every single one of them. You do not have to remind me of the Tessa I loved. You were my first love and you will be my last one. I have never forgotten you. I have never not thought of you.
I hit my parabatai in the face once.” “You did what?” “As I said.” Jem seemed to enjoy her astonishment. “I struck my parabatai – I loved him more than anyone else in the world I’ve ever loved save Tessa, and I struck him in the face because my heart was breaking. I can hardly judge anyone else.
You never thought for a second about it diminishing you to have a girl as your warrior partner, you never acted as if I was anything less than your complete equal. You never for a moment made me feel like I had to be weak for you to be strong.
Be careful what masks you wear, child, lest you lose your true face forever.
It was one thing to have a demon for a parent. It was another thing when your father owned a significant portion of Hell’s real estate.
Someday he would lose Clary and Isabelle, or they would lose him. Nothing could stop that. So what was the point? he’d asked Catrina, but he knew better than that. The point wasn’t that you tried to live forever; the point was that you LIVED, and did everything you could to live well. The point was the choices you made and the people you loved.