“Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy, Wren said. Its the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.”

“She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward. "Cather..." Back up to his eyes."You know that I'm falling in love with you, right?”

“I dont trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am theyre going to get tired of me and take off.”

“I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to start this day because then I'll just be expected to finish it.”

“When she opened her door, Levi was sitting in the hallway, his legs bent in front of him, hunched forward on his knees. He looked up when she stepped out.Im such an idiot, he said.Cath fell between...”

“Emergency dance party--go away.”

“Staring over him in the dim light of a side lamp, my tired eyes traced along the path of faint, yet emerging, lines etched around his equally-tired eyes. They'd become a permanent reminder of his e...”

“I love you. I trust you and... I want to be your human canvas!”

“Maybe we choose to stay in a constant state of ignorance as a protective instinct maybe I was just in denial. I just dont get how you can be completely in love with someone one day, and then all o...”

“I love you, and it's not the kind of love that wavers. It's the scary kind that doesn't fade. I look at you, and I see not just everything I want for my life, but everything I am, because you took ...”

“Me pregunt si no habra personas destinadas a encontrarse fuera cules fueran las decisiones que tomasen, si esa leyenda que hablaba de un hilo rojo que conecta a dos almas gemelas no sera verdad.”

“Who loves you, Warren Valentine?" She did. I want Lilla to know that kind of love. The kind of love that never leaves or abandons.”

“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...”