Five," she said. Her lips and cheeks were flushed, but her gaze was steady. "Five?" Gabriel echoed blankly. "My rating," she said, and smiled at him. "Your skill and technique may, perhaps, require work, but the native talent is certainly there. What you require is practice." "And you are willing to be my tutor?" "I should be very insulted if you chose another," Cecily said, and leaned up to kiss him again.
Cassandra ClareThere is no cure for fictional character love, but the plus side is that it is an entirely benign disease with no bad side effects.
Cassandra ClareAnd when I saw him[my father] lying dead in a pool of his own blood, I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, Clary, and there might be not. Either way, we're on our own.
Cassandra ClareYou cannot reduce the situation to worm jokes, Will. This is Gabriel and Gideonโs father weโre discussing.โ โWeโre not just discussing him; weโre chasing him through an ornamental sculpture garden because heโs turned into a worm.
Cassandra ClareYou mean you havenโt been going on romantic dates with Sebastian while youโve been away from me?โ โI tried,โ Jace said, โbut no matter how liquored up you get him, he just wonโt put out.
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