“Do you realize how hard it is to keep your mind clear when somebodys telling you to keep your mind clear?”

“You cant believe in fate only when it sends you something you want, only when things turn out right. You have to accept what fate sends you or doesnt send you, no matter whether or not you like it.”

“If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong.”

“ "Well-- I dont know-- the cops might not respond too well to you looking through their windows with a telescope."”

“I dont believe it! Youre still interested in the girl, despite the fact that she might be some kind of alien. Does this sickness of yours have any bounds?”

“Ive always found wildlife very calming-- except when animals are eating each other, of course.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“The surface of the pond was green with fallen leaves. "How could you have been happy there? I know what you thought, but Valentine was a terrible father. He killed your pets, lied to you, and I kno...”

“Hugo attacked me." Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds.Hugo?" Luke blinked.Hodge's bird. I think it was his bird, anyway. Maybe it was Valentine's."Hugin," Luke said ...”

“I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have around. And Mia. I want her to say, "Frankie, you're silly, y...”