“He searched for my gaze and the second he found it, I cracked a smile. There it is. He palmed his chest again and sighed. All is right in the world again.”

“His smile was small and immediate, crooked, like Id put his whole world off its axis, but he was somehow okay with that.”

“We have to be bigger than the things we suffer.”

“Jealousy is when you want something that you cant have, something that doesn't belong to you. Being protective is defending whats yours. He leaned in, his hand closing around my jaw as his nose ski...”

“I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on as he showed me what love felt like. As he showed me that a kiss could change your entire world.”

“The universe doesn't hand out blank cards to play. You will know your hand soon enough.”

“There is no such thing as a soulmateand who would want there to be? I dont want half of a shared soul. I want my own damn so”

“I might like to have someone courting me. But it would have to be someone who is a square shooter and who has a train load of courage. And it would have to be someone who doesn't have to talk down ...”

“the soul mate doesnt have tobe a romantic relationship.Sometimes in life, you meetpeople when you need them,and there is an immediateconnection.”

“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...”