What they had between them was still as fragile as flickering candle flame, as delicate as eggshell - and he knew that if it shattered, if he somehow let it break and be destroyed, something inside him would shatter too, something that could never be fixed.
Cassandra ClareWell,โ Tessa said, sighting along the line of the knife, โyou behave as if you dislike me. In fact, you behave as if you dislike us all.โ โI donโt,โ Gabriel said. โI just dislike him.โ He pointed at Will. โDear me,โ said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. โIs it because Iโm better-looking than you?
Cassandra ClareLadies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.
Cassandra ClareOh, do you have A Tale of Two Cities?" "That silly thing? Men going around getting their heads chopped off for love? Ridiculus." Will unpeeled himself from the door and made his way toward Tessa where she stood by the bookshelves. He gestured expansively at the vast number of volumes all around him. "No, here you'll find all sorts of advice about how to chop off someone else's head if you need to; much more useful.
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