Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.
Cassandra ClareThere are some peopleโpeople the universe seems to have singled out for special destinies. Special favors and special torments. God knows we're all drawn toward what's beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be fixed. Or if they can be; its only by love and sacrifice so great that it destroys the giver.
Cassandra ClareThere must always be a first," said Jem. "It is not easy to be first, and it is not always rewarding, but it is important.
Cassandra ClareOr perhaps this hostility of yours is the pretense. Love does make liars out of your kind.
Cassandra Clare