“Youre beautiful. If you believe it, theyll believe it.”

“Dante.Oh,Dante.Seal me!Seal me so hard!.He grabs my hips andpumps his toward mine.Oh,Dante! Youre so hot when you seal souls.I shove my idiot-of-a-best-friend off me and laugh.What the hell was tha...”

“I nod and smile and smile and nod, and when she turns away, I form a gun with my hand, place it to my temple, and pull the trigger. This girl is starved for attention. It's amazing to me when peopl...”

“But let me tell ya, spend every day living only for yourself, every day indulging in little sins that arent that big of a deal, and one day I may be showing you the ropes in hell. Amen.”

“We girls are prewired to like things that make you suffer.”

“I wonder if Blue knows shes repainting her room.I wonder if hes asking if she wants a ride to the party tonight.I wonder if he knows what being strangled feels like.”

“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.”

“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...”