The first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.

I knew you were crazy, but I didn't realize that you were out of your goddamned mind!!

Well, you know, your mom gets like this sometimes," Simon said. "Like when she breathes in or out.

Well, I’m not kissing the mundane," said Jace. "I’d rather stay down here and rot." "Forever?" said Simon. "Forever’s an awfully long time." Jace raised his eyebrows. "I knew it," he said. "You want to kiss me, don’t you?

Simon looked at Jordan who was looking at Maia again. She had her back to them and was talking to Luke and Jocelyn, laughing, flinging her curly hair back. "Don't even think about it," Simon said, and got up. He pointed at Jordan. "You stay here." "And do what?" "Whatever Praetor Lupas do in this situation. Meditate. Contemplate your Jedi powers. Whatever.

we are not here just because we have nowhere else; we need nowhere else, because we have the Institute, and those who are in it are our family.

I decided it was well past time to take him home and place him in bosom of his family. If you had rather I put him in an orphanage, I fully understand.