It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Maybe you just never knew what it was like to want something you couldn't have before

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

I only count the hours that shine.

If I might make a suggestion,” said Will. “About twenty paces behind us, in the Council room, is Benedict. If you’d like to go back in there and try kicking him, I recommend aiming upward and a bit to the left—

Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as if Magnus seemed to be paying attention to what Will was doing, and he'd honestly never imagined two people could get themselves into a position like that, much less make it look artistic.

I’m from New Jersey. I was born in toxic sludge.