Hmph," she said. "I'd like to see you learn how to manage sitting and standing up straight in stays and petticoats and a dress with a foot's worth of train!" "So would I," said Gideon from across the room.

Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn't seem like such a great prospect.

Tess?” A soft voice at the door; she looked up and saw Will there, silhouetted in the light from the corridor.

She felt as if she had been running, and had created a hill and was racing down the other side, and there was no stopping now. Gravity was taking her where she had to go. "But -- everyone cares about something. Don't they?

How they loved each other, these three, how they had suffered for each another, and yet how much joy they clearly took from simply being in the same room.

Jace knew he was being cruel, and he barely cared. Hurting people he loved was almost as good as hurting himself when he was in this kind of mood.

I knew then that Jocelyn would never come back to me, because of you. You are the only thing in the world she ever loved more than she loved me. And because of that she hates me. And because of that, I hate the sight of you