cassandra-clare

Simon snorted. "If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, you'll have to let me know. I'd like to shake his hand. Or run away from him very fast, I'm not sure which.

Will grinned. __ome of these books are dangerous,_ he said. __t__ wise to be careful.___ne must always be careful of books,_ said Tessa, __nd what is inside them, for words have the power to change us._____ not sure a book has ever changed me,_ said Will. __ell, there is one volume that promises to teach one how to turn oneself into an entire flock of sheep____nly the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry,_ said Tessa

A sense of hopelessness had invaded his bones, as chill and as inescapable as the rain.

Got caught in the rain, I see," - Isabelle Lightwood

As long as I can dream, I will dream of you.

Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --""He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of daze. "He's my brother.

GOD HAS NOT MERCY AND NOR WILL I' - The Midnight Heir (The Bane Chronicles, 4) by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan

There was still about them what had always reminded Magnus of an old legend he__ heard of the red thread of fate: that an invisible scarlet thread bound certain people, and however tangled it became, it could not and would not break.

Lord, you're Irish," said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce...

Being Jem, Tessa reflected, must be a great deal like being the owner of a thouroughbred dog that liked to bite your guests. You had to have a hand on his collar constantly.

To love is to destroy, and to be the one loved is to be destroyed.

No one blames her.""That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.

If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood.

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

I wish you'd stop desperately trying to get my attention like this," he said. "It's become embarrassing.""Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt," she told him."I can't help it. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain.

He seemed only ... annoyed. Annoyed, and sweaty, and hot. "Yeah, well," he said, "the next time you decide to sneak out of our magically warded apartment through a door that shouldn't really exist, leave a note.

It is unusual,_ said Cristina, __or a revolution to call for fewer rights for people, not more.

Aline!" Isabelle looked appalled. "You can't just go around asking people what it's like to be a vampire.