The most remarkable thing about him were his eyes. They were laughing eyes, at once both joyous and tender: they were the radiant pale blue of a sky slipping toward evening in Heaven, when angels who had been sweet all day found themselves tempted to sin.

Magnus did not like to go near the Hotel Dumont if he could help it. It was decrepit and unsettling, it held bad memories, and it also occasionally held his evil former lady love.

Do you really wish to disobey me, Marbas? Do you wish to anger my father?

I would think that counted as offering resistance," Will said. "Eating one's son-in-law, that is. Though I suppose everyone has their family altercations.

Just remember, when your mother’s gnawing my ankle like a furious mama bear separated from her cum, I did it for you.

Jem is my greatest sin.

You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woolsey. "One will do," said Magnus.