You don't understand,' she said, and there was a puzzling trace of resentment in her voice. 'Children never do. The love a parent has for a child, there's nothing else like it. No other love so consuming.

He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.

Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.

I think you'll find that one would be self-defeating." Jace said lightly shoving his feet into his boots. "We are bound, he and I. Cut him and I bleed.

I am not the one of us who has no heart.

Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend.

I told you to bring me to Alec! Backstabbing Judas.