This is my mother’s wedding,« she said. We’re not going to have sex. At all.But ‘at all’ is my favorite way to have sex.
There's never going to be anyone else for me. That's just how it is.
There was something about Jace, though, that made her want to push him, crack that shell of cynicism and make him admit her believed something, felt something, cared about anythinng at all.
There is truth in stories, said Arthur. There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a sunset or a couplet from Homer. Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts an...
Then, if you love him, he said quietly, please, Tessa, don't tell him what I just told you. Don't tell him that I love you.
The weapons room looked exactly the way something called the weapons room sounded like it would look.
The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him. He won't get over you, Clary, he can't.
The next thing I knew I was listening to five people shouting. What was that all about, anyway?
The horse grunted softly. He had huge teeth, Clary noticed uneasily; each one the size of a Pez dispenser. She imagined those teeth sinking into her leg and thought of all the girls she'd known in mid...
That demon woman you were lounging with on the divan, said Will. Would you call her a friend, or more of a business associate? Benedict’s dark eyes hardened. Insolent puppy— Oh, I’d say she was a frie...
Sorry, are you telling me that your demon-slaying buddies need to be driven to their next assignment with the forces of darkness by my mom?
Some guys look at you like they only want sex. Jace looks at you like you've had sex - it was great and now you're just friends. Drives girls crazy. Know what I mean? Yes. Clary thought. No. Clary sai...
So you don't ever get angry at him?Jem laughed out loud. I would hardly say Sometimes I want to strangle him.How on earth do you prevent yourself?I go to my favorite place in London, said Jem, and I...
Simon! The voice was faint, but his hearing caught it over the pop and crackle of glowing flames. The smoke in the corridor had presaged heat; the heat was here now, pressing against him like an oppre...
She threw the door open. The room seemed to be a sort of library, the walls lined with books. It was brightly lit, light streaming through a tall picture window. In the middle of the room stood Jace....
She looked up at him with a smile. The smile broke what was left of his resistance--shattered it. He had let the walls down when he'd thought she was gone, and there was no time to build them back up.
Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don’t suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.
Picture this, said Magnus. Me with a little monkey friend. I could teach him tricks. I could dress him in a cunning jacket. He could look just like me! But more monkey-shaped.
Pain is only what you allow it to be
Oooh, that was fun.That does it, said Jace. I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year.Why? Isabelle said.So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.Isabelle pulled t...