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Tessa had lain down beside him and slid her arm beneath his head, and put her head on his chest,listening to the ever-weakening beat of his heart. And...more

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Their beauty had always seemed to him like the beauty of pressed flowers-lovely, but dead.

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He opened his mouth. The words were there. He was about to say them when a jolt of terror went through him, the terror of someone who, wandering in a ...more

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You know that feeling when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the n...more

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I think that's just a story.""But, Jace," she said. "All stories are true.

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How can you tell? That I like books, I mean.The look on your face when you walked in, somehow I doubted you were that impressed by me.

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Every time you rip the bandages off, you just open the wound up again. Every time he sees you, it's like tearing off the bandages.

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Value your parabatai," he said. "For it is a precious bond. All love is precious. It is why we do what we do. Why do we fight demons? Why are they not...more

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Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.

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Most of us do things for reasons that are more purely personal. For love, or for hate.

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Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not thi...more

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Whatever you are physically, male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy - all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have ...more

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With God on your side, what does luck matter?

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It was so odd what brought out tenderness in people. It was never what you have expected.

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Charlotte, darling, Henry said to his wife, who was staring at im in gape-mouthed horror. Jassamine, beside her, was wided eyed. Sorry im late. You kn...more