If there was one thing he knew about himself, it was that he could take any good thing and make a mess out of it.


Cassandra Clare Holly Black

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Get over here. Sheldon's had an idea."
"Who's Sheldon?", said Isabelle.
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Excellent. I've been told I have a lovely, melodic reading voice." He flipped the book open to the f...
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She turned and looked at him. "Ducks?" she said again.
A smile tugged the edge of his mouth. "I...
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I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-"
"He'd ...
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Isabelle snorted. 'All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon.'
'You not...
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You never called me back," he said. "I called you so many times and you never called me back."
...
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With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname.
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If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you."
"Who's Magnus?" Max...
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Usually I'm remarkably good natured. Try me on a day that doesn't end in y.
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Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw Jace shoot her a look of white rage - but when she ...
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Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names."
...
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You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me."
"I was nine...
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One of the Silent Brothers is here to see you. Hodge sent me to wake you up. Actually he offered to ...
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Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends t...
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I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.
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You said you were going for a walk!? What kind of walk takes six hours?"
"A long one?
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Is this the part where you say if I hurt her, you'll kill me?"
"No" Simon said, "If you hurt Cl...
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Not everything is about you," Clary said furiously.
"Possibly," Jace said, "but you do have to ...
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I am a man" he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone woman, and bring me s...
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Malachi scowled. "I don't remember the Clave inviting you into the Glass City, Magnus Bane."
"T...
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to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.
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Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone els...
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She had always wanted a brother. And she had one now. Sebastian. It was like always wanting a puppy ...
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Nicely done, brother," said Gabriel from the bed, blinking sleepy green eyes at Gideon.
Gideon ...
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And yet here he was, looking at Jem Carstairs, a boy so fragile-looking that he appeared to be made ...
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Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission."
"Well, there goes my plan for selling the...
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I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while," he grunted, "It relaxes me."
"I...
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You're so easy to tease. And yes, your friend is just fine. Well, except that he keeps putting all m...
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I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.
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Some guys look at you like they only want sex. Jace looks at you like you've had sex - it was great ...
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Look," Luke went on, "In all the years I've known him, there's always been exactly one place Simon w...
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Jace slammed his hand down on the stele. “Clary-“
“She said she doesn’t want it,” sai...
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I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.
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Even the Inquisitor's eyebrows shot up when Magnus strode through the gate. The High Warlock was wea...
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I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me.
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How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling h...
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Is there some particular reason that you're here?" ...
"Not this again."
"Not what again?"...
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There's no need to clarify my finger snap," said Magnus. "The implication was clear in the snap itse...
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We need to talk. All of us About what we're going to do now."
"I was going to watch Project Run...
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Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes?"
Is...
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You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrib...
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I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinc...
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Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an ...
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Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?" asked Simon.
"...
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No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures ...
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You see, cuckoos are parasites. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the egg hatches, the...
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Mom. I have something to tell you. I’m undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions ...
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