“It's more that I want to leap in and say certain things and do certain things, but I always seem to hold myself back. I think a big part of me is afraid.”

“Did you just tell us you're gay?" Asks Nick"Yes.""Okay," he says. Abby swats him. "What?""That's all you're going to say? Okay?""He said not to make a big deal out of it," Nick says. "What am I sup...”

“He tells me to pick the music. Im not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.”

“We are out and we are alive, and everyone in the universe is out here right now.”

“I have a sneaking suspicion that youre not 100% committed to your Oreo diet.”

“They put me in a box, and every time I try to nudge the lid open, they slam it back down. Its like nothing about me is allowed to change.”

“Izzi: Remember Moses Morales? Tom Verde: Who? Izzi: The Mayan guide I told you about. Tom Verde: From your trip. Izzi: Yeah. The last night I was with him, he told me about his father, who had died...”

“Only through pain you achieve your greatness!”

“When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.”

“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...”