For so many years she had wondered what her first kiss would be like - if he would be handsome, if he would love her, if he would be kind. She had never imagined that the kiss would be so brief and de...
For this I would be damned forever. For this I would have given up everything.
Forsooth, I no longer toil in vain,To prove that demon pox warps the brain.So though 'ti pity, it's not in vainThat the pox-ridden worm was slain:For to believe in me, you all must deign.
Great, Simon said. Maybe I’ll even make it back before my mother notices I’m gone. What’s the time difference between here and Manhattan?You have a mother? Aline looked amazed.
He bent to put his cheek against hers. His breath against her ear made her shudder with each deliberately spoken word. I have wanted to do this, he said, every moment of every hour of every day that I...
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...
He flushed, the colour dark against his pale skin. 'I mean. Tessa Gray, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?' Jem...
He has many things I haven’t got, said Jace. Like nearsightedness, bad posture, and an appalling lack of coordination.-Jace about Simon, pg. 331
He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.
He took her by the shoulders and pulled her closer to him, his fingers knotting in the fabric of her dress. Even more than in the attic, she felt caught in the eddy of a powerful wave that threatened...
He took something out of his jacket and handed it to her. It was a long thin dagger in a leather sheath. The hilt of the dagger was set with a single red stone carved in the shape of a rose. She shook...
He was the one she was doing all this for, but sometimes she missed him so much it felt like she swallowed broken glass.
He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.
Hello, Uncle Brother Zachariah, James said without opening his eyes. I would say that I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm sure this is the most excitement you've had all year. Not so lively in the City o...
How people? Alec asked. Roughly.Magnus shook his head. I can't count, and it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is how I feel about you.More than a hundred? Alec asked. Magnus looked blank....
How they loved each other, these three, how they had suffered for each another, and yet how much joy they clearly took from simply being in the same room.
I did it because I love you! he half-shouted, and then, as if registering the shocked look her face, he said in a more subdued voice, I love you, Tessa, and I have loved you, almost since the moment I...
I loved you recklessly from the moment I knew you. I never cared about the consequences. I told myself I did, I told myself you wanted me to, and so I tried, but I never did. I wanted you more than I...
I think when we make choices—foreach choice is individual of the choices we have made before—we must examine notonly our reasons for making them but what result they will have, and whether good people...
I would think that counted as offering resistance, Will said. Eating one's son-in-law, that is. Though I suppose everyone has their family altercations.
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