Itโs me,โ he said, and cleared his throat. โI could understand if you didnโt believe me, but I swear on the Angel, Iz, itโs me.โ Alec said nothing, but his grip on Jaceโs hand tightened. โYou donโt need to swear,โ he said, and with his free hand touched the parabatai rune near his collarbone. โI know. I can feel it. I donโt feel like Iโm missing a part of me anymore.โ โI felt it too.โ Jace took a ragged breath. โSomething missing. I felt it, even with Sebastian, but I didnโt know what it was I was missing. But it was you. My parabatai.
Cassandra ClareWrite what you want to read. So many people think they need to write a particular kind of book, or imitate a successful style, in order to be published. I've known people who felt they had to model their book on existing blockbusters, or write in a genre that's supposed to be "hot right now" in order to get agents and publishers interested. But if you're writing in a genre you don't like, or modeling yourself on a book you don't respect, it'll show through. You're your first, most important reader, so write the book that reader really wants to read.
Cassandra ClareShe had made the choice for him - in a moment of flight and panic, but she had made it - not realizing that her Jace would rather die than be like this, and that she'd been not so much saving his life as damning him to an existence he would despise.
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