She had never imagined that the kiss would be so brief and desperate and wild. Or that it would taste of holy water. Holy water and blood.
Screw the Silent Brothers.No thanks. There's strong and silent, and then there's just freaky.Isabelle!
Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?
Obviously you would call them Malec, said Beatriz. Are you stupid, Simon?
Mundanes who involve themselves in things they know nothing about are likely to meet unpleasant endings.
Mortality, behold, and fear,What a change of flesh is here!Think how many royal bonesSleep within this heap of stones,
Look, I asked you here for a reason. Much as I hate to admit it, vampire, we have something in common. Totally awesome hair? Simon suggested, but his heart wasn't really in it either. Something about...
Jem told me what Ragnor Fell said about my father, Will said. That for my father, there was only ever one woman he loved, and it was her for him, or nothing. You are that for me. I love you, and I wil...
It's like Dungeons and Dragons, but .Jace was looking at Simon as if he were some bizarre species of insect. It's like what?It's a game, Clary explained. She felt vaguely embarrassed. People pretend t...
Is your inner vampire different from your...outer vampire?''Definitely. He wants me to wear midriff-baring shirts and a fedora.''So your inner vampire is Magnus?
Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time? asked Simon.No, Jace said. Sometimes he sits on the couch and does it.
Indeed. Will let his cutlery clatter onto his plate. The Consul? Breaking up our breakfast time? Whatever next? The Inquisitor over for tea? Picnics with the Silent Brothers?Duck pies in the park, sai...
In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did.
If you do not help me, Tessa said to Jem, I swear, I will change into you, and I will lift him myself. And then everyone here will see what you look like in a dress. She fixed him with a look. Do you...
If I have to tie you up and sit on you until this insane whim of yours passes, you are not going to Idris. (Jace Wayland)
I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.
I will have you know I practiced that speech. In front of a mirror before you got here.So what do you think it meant?I'm not sure, Jace admitted, but I know I look damn good delivering it.
I must say, I rather like the way you manage Will.
I mean, is there a chance for me? To have another life after this, a better one?
I have a plan. He groaned. I was afraid of that.My plans are terrible.Isabelle's plans are terrible. He pointed a finger at her. plans are suicidal. At best.