Hold on to me, Alec said, and Magnus gave him the sort of smile that made Alec feel like someone had taken an apple corer to his heart and tried to dig out the center.I always do, Alexander, he said....
Hodge says he's on his way and he hopes you can both manage to cling to your flickering sparks of life until he gets here, she told Simon and Jace. Or something like that.I wish he'd hurry, Jace said...
He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.
He's a cousin of some friends of the Lightwoods or something. He's nice. I promise. Nice, bah. He's gorgeous. Magnus gazed dreamily in his direction. You should leave him here. I could hang hats on hi...
He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.
He was still stroking the inside of her wrist, his touch doing odd delicious things to her skin and nerves.
He was gazing at her, the way one did when one felt one was unobserved. He had that look on his face, the look he usually got only when he was playing the violin, as if he were completely caught up an...
He strode to the wall and tore aside one of the velvet hangings. You want to tell me what this is? he demanded.It’s a door, Jace, said Clary.
He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.
He could feel the strong, steady beat of Isabelle's heart.'I thought you were dead,' she went on. 'I saw you fall down, and--I thought you were dead.'Simon let her hold him, propping himself up on his...
Have you ever felt that your heart contained so much that it must surely break apart
Goodness, Tessa said to the back of his head. If you keep seeing Six-Fingered Nigel like this, he'll expect you to declare your intentions.
For as is often the happenstance with that which is precious and lost, when you find him again, he may well not be quite as you left him.
Everyone knows that quote because of the Doors. Jace looked at her blankly.The Doors. They were a band.If you say so, he said.I suppose you don't have much time for enjoying music, Clary said, thinkin...
Enough of what?Enough of behaving as you do.Oh, I can never get enough. Which, incidentally, is what you sister said to me when
Did you think I was helping you out of the goodness of my heart? Or am I just the only warlock you know? (Magnus)…No, he said now, but you the only warlock we know who happens to be dating a friend o...
Demonic activity levels? Do they have a device that measures whether the demons inside the house are doing power yoga?-Simon, pg.340-
Demon pox,' said Will with the satisfaction of the truly vindicated.
Charlotte, who had sagged back in her chair, her eyes half-closed, said, Will, I have already been up all night copying down the relevant parts. Much of it was—Gibberish? Jem suggested.Pornographic? s...
Books are for reading, not for turning oneself into livestock.