“It feels like I was made to fit here, in the space beneath his heart.”

“Be proud of who you are.”

“We’re seastnan, we live to protect, sometimes we die and I can’t think of a better way to go than fighting for someone I love.”

“Grandpa would go for strolls alone through the pastures where meadowlarks and grasshoppers flew like broken-winged birds, where rabbits constructed their havens, and where thick-coated coyotes and ...”

“I love him more than any man on earth. Hes everything. One look across a library instantly and irrevocably changed both of our lives forever and now we cant get out trapped together because this ...”

“I drift through forests in my dreams, I swim the lake I imagine for myself when Im sad. Its so blue and clear. I scoop some water into my hands as I tread water and I can see right through it, almo...”

“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...”