But it was Valentine. I saw him. In fact, he had the Sword with him when he came down to the cells and taunted me through the bars. It was like a bad movie, except he didn't actually twirl his mustache. - Jace Wayland
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KLUNE Actually, the 10 days he took off did him real good letting his body just rest. And when he came bac... JEFF LINENFELSER And when he looked, he saw the canopy had folded under and then he saw the victim hit the ground and... DAVE BOOTON I didn't quite know he was going to turn into the teen idol he turned into. Back then, he had like a... A.J. PIERZYNSKI I called him to find out where he got the pamphlet and all he said was it was missing the label, ...... WILLIAM WATSON It was unintentional, Andre headbutted me right in the head, ... He always liked me and he was reall... LANNY POFFO I saw he was going out with his hands down, so I knocked him out. As soon as I caught him with that ... CALVIN BROCK When I was 14, my dad came home one day and told us he had cancer. It was looking pretty bad. And I ... JEFFREY SKOLL He came in my office one day and had this sheepish look on his face, like there was something on his... 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ELLIOT JACOBOWITZ He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on t... MARK WAHLBERG These people all thought they knew him. They believed he was a whore, and sometimes he thought he wa... BEVERLY L. ANDERSON He had the innate sense that something bad was just around the bend, but a hope that something incre... LAUREN KATE He tried to act like he was happy for us and smiled, but you could tell it was eating him up inside.... BRAD AUSMUS He tried to act like he was happy for us and smiled, but you could tell it was eating him up inside,... BRAD AUSMUS When he heard his father call out for Abel and he saw his borther go forth, it made him feel like he... JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN It was difficult. Me and Pierre, a lot of people don't know that me and Pierre were real tight last ... BRIAN JACKSON I was so happy for him. He has worked so hard for four years and was very, very solid right when it ... ANDREW DORAIS He had high energy. He approached that campaign like it was his first one. I saw him at parades, at ... DENNIS SULLIVAN He was an immediate impact. That's what I saw out there, he came out there and it was like he never ... ALAN ZEMAITIS I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when ... JASON BRANDT When I saw him at his best
When everything was at its worst
He has proven me and the rest of the wor... HEARTTOHEART THOUGHTS The American soldiers were brave, but courage is not enough. David did not kill Goliath just because... VO NGUYEN GIAP He was shaking violently, ... and tears streamed down his face. His whole frame quivered with the sp... GEORGE WILSON And that is why, when he finally did come across the street, I lit my cigarette with my lighter - no... ADAM LEVIN His friends told him that nobody was interested in his goddam soul unless it was the priest and he m... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but... CARINE ROITFELD When he said to give him the sword, I don’t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts. KEVIN HEARNE When it was over I felt he could have come to me. When I saw film, he had pressure in his face. He h... JUSTIN PEELLE I was honored he asked me, but I didn't feel bad about turning him down. Woody turned me down as a p... JERRY GLANVILLE Sebastian just smiled. “I could hear your heart beating,” he said softly. “When you were watch... CASSANDRA CLARE I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would.... TIMOTHY HUTTON She stood in his kitchen, watching him toy with the ring in his lip. It wasn't quite that he was bit... MELISSA MARR A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still re... JASON SUDEIKIS And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the ch... BIBLE He was a collector of knives. They pulled him over to see what was in his luggage. They saw that he ... MOHAMMED BABAR I said to the scouts I was standing with that Ryan would play at the highest level. He was like a ba... ERIC HARRISON When I asked him how this cramping might affect his sword arm, he assured me it was only the narrow ... ANDREW LEVKOFF What made me this way was watching my father go through bad employment experiences. When I was 17, a... TOM GOLISANO He walked down the corridor, lined with his soldiers, who looked at him with love, with awe, with tr... ORSON SCOTT CARD I haven't seen a replay, but he was circling one way and I was circling the opposite way on the same... SEAN HILL Like all men with a faculty that surpasses human requirements, his father was very nervous. Then, to... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I was riding him and he kind of faced me a little bit. He grabbed my leg and tried to roll over, but... KYLE REILLY It was like a movie out there. Niall gave him a fabulous ride. He never panicked, he took his time. MARTIN BRASSIL He was hanging his head, his coat wouldn't turn - it was almost like he was depressed, ... Richard d... BOB BONE He really studies hitters, probably more than most closers. I viewed him as a setup man, because he ... MARK WILEY He was going great and he wasn't tired but when he saw the rail he tried to go over it. After I got ... MARTIN GARCIA The park was the heart of the city. He had come to the city – and with a knowing in his blood – ... FLANNERY O'CONNOR And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollo... BIBLE Yes. He saw her in his mind, exactly as she was. She bore him company with her pride, resentment, ha... CHARLES DICKENS You saw the way everyone looked at him? And when I asked for nominations, his was the first name men... MICHAEL GRANT When I saw him backing in on that ball, I knew he was going to turn and rip it. And when I saw him t... LES RENNER He was like, 'Big G, what up? Who you walking with?' ... I said, 'Nobody. I'm just sightseeing.' He... GREG ODEN I lost my dad two years ago to cancer, and before he died, I asked him to write 'Daddy's Lit... PRIYANKA CHOPRA It was Adam, but he was too late. He couldn’t love me anymore. 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Well, not you, Simon." "... CASSANDRA CLARE Jem gave her a wistful look. “Must you go? I was rather hoping that you’d stay and be a minister... CASSANDRA CLARE And now," Eric yelled into his mircophone, "we're going to sing a new song-one we just wrote. This o... CASSANDRA CLARE Take off your shirt." Jace raised his eyebrows. "I'm not going to attack you," she said i... CASSANDRA CLARE Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-climbing powers; we get Aquatruck. CASSANDRA CLARE I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?" "You can kill ... CASSANDRA CLARE aren't you, uh... reproducing? "sure, we love reproducing it's one of our favorite things... CASSANDRA CLARE Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it? CASSANDRA CLARE I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to fin... CASSANDRA CLARE One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking. CASSANDRA CLARE He made it very clear that he didn’t want me here,” she said at last. “That my remaining at th... CASSANDRA CLARE Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind. CASSANDRA CLARE Jace broke off the kiss and stepped back with an exhale; before Clary could say anything, a chorus o... CASSANDRA CLARE You could have fooled me. Everytime I called you, Luke said you were sick. I figured you were avoidi... CASSANDRA CLARE I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or ... CASSANDRA CLARE What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was ... CASSANDRA CLARE Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited. CASSANDRA CLARE You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me." She smiled up at him. Fil... CASSANDRA CLARE And now I’m looking at you,” he said, “and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I cou... CASSANDRA CLARE In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matter... CASSANDRA CLARE When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They’re in everything you do. They’re ... CASSANDRA CLARE Do not let any of them tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the s... CASSANDRA CLARE Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be. CASSANDRA CLARE Your place is with me," Jem said. "It always Will be. CASSANDRA CLARE You sound as if you don't mind what happens to it," said Tessa. "Won't you miss it here? This place ... CASSANDRA CLARE It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me... CASSANDRA CLARE People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you l... CASSANDRA CLARE Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. CASSANDRA CLARE You've always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get used to is knowing it. CASSANDRA CLARE One finds nobility in the oddest places. CASSANDRA CLARE Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that... CASSANDRA CLARE If I made a joke about just dropping by, would you write me off as cliché? CASSANDRA CLARE I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be... CASSANDRA CLARE Will tossed the bloody cloth aside. “And you wonder why we aren’t friends.” “I just wo... CASSANDRA CLARE It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people. CASSANDRA CLARE You're not gay, are you?" Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better. CASSANDRA CLARE Is this Clarissa Fray?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded familiar, though not immedia... CASSANDRA CLARE I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood. CASSANDRA CLARE The first morning Simon had been at Amatis's house, a grinning lycanthrope had showed up on the door... CASSANDRA CLARE And second, keep in mind that you are a weapon. In theory, when you're done with training, you shoul... CASSANDRA CLARE So--what's it like, being a vampire?" "Aline!" Isabelle looked appalled. "You can't just ... CASSANDRA CLARE Fresh is better. But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?" Simon raised his eyebrow in res... CASSANDRA CLARE Happy birthday, Alexander," Magnus murmured. "Thanks for remembering," Alec whispered back. CASSANDRA CLARE While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and ski... CASSANDRA CLARE I'm sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain. CASSANDRA CLARE By the Angel," Jace said, looking the demon up and down. "I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugl... CASSANDRA CLARE It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them to... CASSANDRA CLARE Sebastian just smiled. “I could hear your heart beating,” he said softly. “When you were watch... CASSANDRA CLARE Don't tell me," Jace said, "Simon's turned himself into an ocelot and you want me to do something ab... CASSANDRA CLARE Don't stop there. I suppose there are also, what, vampires and werewolves and zombies?" "Of cou... CASSANDRA CLARE A lot of people have asked me about some of the characters that appear in 'Clockwork Prince,'... CASSANDRA CLARE Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and ... CASSANDRA CLARE Do you remember,” he said, “when we first met and I told you I was ninety percent sure putting a... CASSANDRA CLARE Alec muttered a retort into his coffee. It rhymed with something that sounded a lot more like "ducki... CASSANDRA CLARE [Julian]"Remember, Mark is in charge.” “Does he know that?” said Livvy. Julian sough... CASSANDRA CLARE Do you remember back at the hotel when you promised that if we lived, you’d get dressed up in a nu... CASSANDRA CLARE The more beautiful the skin is, the more deadly it is. That's what Will's like. All that pretty face... CASSANDRA CLARE I'm not unhappy," he said. "Only people with no purpose are unhappy. I've got a purpose. CASSANDRA CLARE How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of... CASSANDRA CLARE It wasn’t sexy," he said. “It was a little sexy,” Simon said. He felt much better, ... CASSANDRA CLARE Isabelle waved a hand. "No need to worry, big brother. Nothing happened. Of course," she added as Al... CASSANDRA CLARE The light that burned twice as bright burned half as long. CASSANDRA CLARE