You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you will not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life--whatever its length--happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you, Tessa. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life.
Cassandra ClareThe first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.
Cassandra ClareHe grinned. โI was trying to remember all the deadly sins the other day,โ he said. โGreed,envy, gluttony, irony, pedantryโฆโ โIโm pretty sure irony isnโt a deadly sin.โ โIโm pretty sure it is.โ โLust,โ she said. โLust is a deadly sin.โ โAnd spanking.โ โI think that falls under lust.โ โI think it should have its own category,โ said Jace. โGreed, envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry, lust, and spanking.
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