The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.

trying to read his face. It was like a book written in a foreign language she'd studied all too briefly.

I'm not unhappy," he said. "Only people with no purpose are unhappy. I've got a purpose.

You called me and said you were home and wanted to go out for a pizza." "I did? What time is it?" "Time for pizza," [Catarina] replied.

Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend.

She had never thought about her name much before, but when he said it, it was as if she were hearing it for the first time - the hard T, the caress of the double S, the way it seemed to end on a breath.

I never cared,” he said. “I wanted you anyway. I always wanted you.