She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?

I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.

The melody rolled over her, as cool and sweet as water, as hopeful and lovely as sunrise.

It doesn't hurt." "But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn't heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as Isabelle pulled Simon's shirt down. "Molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, Iz?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords." "I'm just showing him where he got stabbed," Isabelle protested, but she scooted back to her chair with a certain amount of haste.

Your trusting idiocy knows no bounds

One can love two children. But your heart can be given romantic love to only a single other, said Woolsey.