It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.

When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.

The weapons room looked exactly the way something called "the weapons room" sounded like it would look.

You promise me, he said. That you love him. Enough to marry him and make him happy.

Magnus called me and asked me to come and see you. He tried to reach you, but he couldn’t. He wants you to put him in touch with the Praetor Lupus.” “Put him in touch with…” Jordan shook his head. “You can’t just call the Praetor. It’s not like 1-800-WEREWOLF.

The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.

I was just thinking of bunding up Cecily and feeding her to the ducks in Hyde Park," said Will, pushing his wet hair back and favoring Jem with a rare smile.