I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read. I've written many short stories with realistic settings, and I certainly wouldn't rule out realistic novels in the future!

When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all it's meaning.

It was like a bad movie except he didn’t actually twirl his mustache.” -Jace to Maryse about Valentine, pg.122-

Ladies who were no better than they should be, whose dresses were too tight, too bright and too all the things Magnus liked most, lounged on velvet-covered benches along the walls.

You're an idiot." "I've never claimed to be otherwise.

You can never love me.

We live forever by the grace of human love, which rocked strange children in their cradles and did not despair and did not turn away.