That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observation?" "There is only one girl I care to make swoon," he said. "The question is, does she?" She smiled at him. "She does.

He didn't know what books meant to her, that books were symbols of truth and meaning.

The thing that you are too young to understand is that we all hide things. We hide them from our lovers because we wish to present our best selves, but also because if it is real love, we expect our loved one to simply understand it, without needing to ask. In a true partnership, the kind that lasts through the ages, there is an unspoken communion.

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

Demon hunting and fashion," Clary said. "I never would have thought they went together.

He flushed, the colour dark against his pale skin. 'I mean. Tessa Gray, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?' Jem.

Unfortunatley, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains my self.