You lie like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth, Edward." He smiled. "I don't lie to you." "Really," I said. The smile became a grin. "Okay, not most of the time, anymore." His face sobered. "I'm not lying now.

Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto

Do you really have the ability to control all types of undead?" Magnus asked. "Can you really make a hundred shoes in a single night?" I asked. Magnus smiled. "Wrong kind of fairie.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

Can you truly love anyone if you do not first love yourself? If you hate yourself, can you love anyone else? If you do not accept all of who you are, can you accept anyone else? Hard questions. It remains to be seen whether I get any answers, hard, or otherwise.

If you can't impress yourself, then no one else really matters.

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.