I think he’s handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box.

All Lightwoods look the same to me—

Do not make the mistake of believing that he does not love you because he plays at not caring.

Not everything that's true needs to be said.

I think I’m better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence.

When one steals a flying balloon and animates it to fly over Paris, one should, ideally, have some idea how said balloon normally works.

Sophie has a gift," she said. "She has the Sight. She can see what others do not. In her old life she often wondered if she was mad. Now she knows that she is not mad but special. There, she was only a parlor maid, who would likely have lost her position once her looks had faded. Now she is a valued member of our household, a gifted girl with much to contribute.