I swear, I almost died back there on that ship, you know." He let her hand go, but he was staring at her, almost as if he meant to memorize her face. " I know," he said. "everytime you almost die, I almost die myself.

she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.

There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out.

Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate—” She broke off, clearly fighting for control of her temper. Tessa had never seen Charlotte’s mouth so firmly set into a hard line. “Would you like a thesaurus?” Will inquired. “You seem to be running out of words.

I can only assume," said Jace, "that mortal emotions amuse you because you have none of your own.

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.- William Herondale