Clary: "Aren't they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time anyway?"

In fiction, the actions of a villain, even when unspeakable, can be cathartic to read about. They let us experience darkness, but add a safe remove.

I can trust you, Jessie, but you're clearly not well enough to go. Which is unfortunate, since Aloysius always had a weakness for a pretty face." "Even more reason why I should go," said Will.

It is hard to think of something as a gift when you have been tormented and imprisoned for it.

If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do, you will never learn from your mistakes.

Look well on this, my son," said the green-skinned man, "for one day I shall rule a clockwork kingdom of such beings, and you shall be its prince.

My favorite jacket is an emergency item. Much like myself, it is both snuggly and fashionable.