“I can live without a boy. So why does it feel like I'm going to die?”

“Its so evident to me now that just because someone is a great guy doesnt guarantee well make a great couple, no matter how much I work at it and want it.”

“Ive been so caught up with mapping out a picture-perfect forever that Im completely neglecting my present, which I have far more control over anyway.”

“Im positive I wouldnt consider having sex with Guy if I hadnt already had sex beforehand. I always knew I wanted my first time to be with someone I loved and who loved me, which it was . . . but sh...”

“I used to think all that game playing was par for the course and even kind of exciting. It just felt logical to pursue a boy the same way I applied to collegeby expending exorbitant time and energy...”

“It’s so evident to me now that just because someone is a great guy doesn’t guarantee we’ll make a great couple, no matter how much I work at it and want it.”

“Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous embarkation and heroic conquest, or...”

“He didn't know all that much about how the machinery worked anyway. Such knowledge was for specialists. In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer.”

“If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.”

“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...”