“You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.”

“Do we exist because others perceive our existence, or is, indeed, our own affirmation enough?”

“I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't”

“Please give me a single reason why I shouldn't hurl myself beneath the wheels of that bus.”

“Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear.-Sonia”

“Sometimes, Lev, I just want to smack you.""You already hit him with a car.”

“We realized that among us, among all the races, we had a staggering fund of knowledge and of techniques - that working together, by putting together all this knowledge and capability, we could arri...”

“It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.”

“Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.”

“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...”