In all the world, you are what I love the most.
You know that feeling, she said, when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters...
Being a vampire is not a curse. It’s a disease, Tessa filled in. But they still can’t enter hallowed ground, then? Does that mean they’re damned? That depends on what you believe, said Jem. And wheth...
And to the devil with it if she is! said the Consul. One girl, who is not Nephilim, is not, , be our priority.She is priority! Will shouted.
I think there is hope for you yet, Will Herondale.I will try to learn how to have it, without you to show me. Tessa, Jem said. She knows despair, and hope as well. you can teach each other. Find her,...
He dropped his voice, so low that Tessa wasn’t sure if what he said next was real or part of the dream darkness rising to claim her, though shefought against it.I’ve never minded it, he went on. Being...
Say something in Mandarin, said Tessa, with a smile.Jem said something that sounded like a lot of breathy vowels andconsonants run together, his voice rising and falling melodically: Nihen piao liang....
Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out.No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?
He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs; and when he was done, and he'd set the violin back in its box, Will's...
One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking.
He said.She blinked at him, a little dazed. What?A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye, he said. It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me a...
Tessa craned her head back to look at Will. You know that feeling, she said, when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see...
[Jem] 'It will help you sleep.''All I’ve been doing is sleeping!' [Tessa]'And very amusing it is to watch, said Jem. 'Did you know you twitch your nose when you sleep, like a rabbit?''I do not,' she s...
He gazed amusedly down the table at Tessa. You’re the shape-changer, aren’t you? he said. Magnus Bane told me about you. No mark on you at all, they say. Tessa swallowed and looked him straight in the...
Hell is cold. Do you remember when you told me that? We were in the cellars of the Dark House. Anyone else would have been panicking, but you were as calm as a governess, telling me Hell was covered i...
I adore Wilkie Collins, Tessa cried. Oh—Armadale! And The Woman in White …Are you laughing at me?Not at you, said Will, grinning, more because of you. I’ve never seen anyone get soexcited over books b...
Will began to straighten up, to turn away from the bed. And as he did, he felt something wrap tightly around his wrist. He glanced down and saw Jem’s hand braceleting his own. For a moment he was too...
I am Tessa Gray, she said in a low, clear voice. And I believe in the importance of stories.
I am not the one of us who has no heart.
Was this what it meant to love someone? That any burden was a burden shared, that they could give you comfort with a word or a touch?
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