Jace?" "Yeah?" "How did you know I had Shadowhunter blood? Was there some way you could tell?" The elevator arrived with a final groan. Jace unlatched the gate and slid it open. The inside reminded Clary of a birdcage, all black metal and decorative bits of gilt. "I guessed," he said, latching the door behind them. "It seemed like the most likely explanation." "You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me." He pressed a button in the wall, and the elevator lurched into action with a vibrating groan that she felt all through the bones in her feet. "I was ninety percent sure." "I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put a hand to his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?" The other ten percent," she said, and they rode the rest of the way down to the street in silence.
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LESLEY LIVINGSTON For Lucie," Peter said quietly, the flame of a gilded saint's candle fluttering in his hand." "... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL Training?'Clary echoed."But we trained yesterday." "Some of us have to train everyday,Clary."Ja... CASSANDRA CLARE Now he felt temper snapping at the nerves. “If you can’t be comfortable in the house while I’m... J.D. ROBB Yes," Jace said, "I regret having disobeyed you." No! Clary thought, but her heart sank. Was he... CASSANDRA CLARE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I told you everything I know", said the messenger. Arin had gone to his childhood suite, feeling anx... MARIE RUTKOSKI The moment the door opened, Jace seized up a yellow pencil lying on the desk and threw it. It sailed... CASSANDRA CLARE So?” Clary said. (After she Marked Alec with the Fearless rune.) “So what?” Alec rolled h... CASSANDRA CLARE So look," he began, leaning over the desk, "I was—" "Excuse me?" Bethany said. Her voice was ... SARAH DESSEN I believe in you, my darling. I believe in you." He closed his eyes. And when he opened th... ELIZABETH HOYT I was trying to make you jealous!" Simon screamed, right back. His hands were fisted at his sides. "... CASSANDRA CLARE I can't see why you should want to dance with me now, when you never have before." The statement was... LISA KLEYPAS She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES Peter..." He straightened, his back to her like a wall. Then, slowly, he turned his face toward... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT And then that voice from behind her said her name again. "Celaena." They had d... SARAH J. MAAS Sorry I overheard that, but I'm glad he's staying," Luke's sister said. "Not just because he'll be n... CASSANDRA CLARE All right, my hope—but I am not saying the rest of it—I have something you need to feel.” SHERRY THOMAS You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It... TRUMAN CAPOTE The cord pulled taut and she rebounded, flying back up before falling again. As her velocity slowed,... CASSANDRA CLARE ... As Lorcan stared down at Lysandra, his blood-splattered face impassive. "Out of the way, shifter... SARAH J. MAAS How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head ... ROBERT FANNEY Did the queen offer to let you bring another friend?" "She did," admitted Lissa. "In particular... RICHELLE MEAD His breath caught, harsh enough that she looked over her shoulder. But his eyes weren't o... SARAH J. MAAS So, what did you think of the Unseelie Court?" A slow, wicked smile spread on his face. "... HOLLY BLACK After a while Mary said, “Zsadist?” “Yeah?” “What are those markings... J.R. WARD Might I,” quavered Mary, “might I have a bit of earth?” In her eagerness she did no... FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT He stared at me. "She liked you, boy." The intensity of his voice and eyes made me blink. "Yes,... JERRY SPINELLI What do you want to show me?" "Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a mi... RAINBOW ROWELL You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you... APRILYNNE PIKE Roarke, one thing." She walked to him, well aware he was all but snarling with temper. "I haven't ki... J.D. ROBB Daisy pulled away from Swift’s grasp. “You’ve changed,” she said, trying to collect herself.... LISA KLEYPAS Cam reached for her left hand. Taking the signet ring between his fingers, he drew it off easily and... LISA KLEYPAS What are you doing?” “What?” Emrys didn’t raise his voice as he said, “To that g... SARAH J. MAAS My name...my name is Mary. I'm here with a friend.' Rhage stopped breathing. His heart skipped ... J.R. WARD This is what it's all been about with you," he said in an even tone. "All the fear, all the run... KRESLEY COLE Stop! Stop!” Sophie shrieked with laughter as she ran down the stone steps that led to the g... JULIA QUINN That last night,” she said quietly. “Why did you say you hoped you'd never see me again?” ANGELA B. WADE What does Éloa mean?” He narrowed his gaze, answered her literally. “It’s the name... SARAH MACLEAN Don't tell me," Jace said, "Simon's turned himself into an ocelot and you want me to do something ab... CASSANDRA CLARE She sucked in a shuddering breath, and he pulled back far enough for them to share breath. Her finge... SARAH J. MAAS Two of us in this room, Ace, two keycards," he said and my eyes went to him. When they did, he jerke... KRISTEN ASHLEY How would you like it if I said to you, 'It kills me to say this, but you're actually a tiny bit bea... MELINA MARCHETTA Do you want to marry him?" Peter stopped in front of her, pressing close. "You know I don't." SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw Jace shoot her a look of white rage - but when she ... CASSANDRA CLARE He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT H--‐how did we get in the water?” “You were burning. I needed to do something to co... ELISABETH NAUGHTON Sounds like that happens to you a lot. Bet your girlfriend wasn't thrilled, though." She wasn't sure... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ The multicolored kitten snuggled between her breasts. Lucky cat. "I thought ma... CANDIS TERRY Peter?” He couldn’t look at her. Instead, he stared down at his poisoned arm. “... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT You have something on your neck," he observed. Alec's hand flew to his throat. "What?" "Lo... CASSANDRA CLARE Why the hell would I bring you ?" she exclaimed. All her anger turned at his presumption. It w... 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WARD John’s voice cracked when he answered, and she could hear the pain seeping in no matter how hard h... LORI RYAN Yes. Kissing. Overrated." "I could change your mind," Zach said, surprising the hell out ... TRACY SUMNER Did you look up 'incubus'?" Ren asked, in her ear. She heard a smile in his voice. "Yes. ... MOLLY RINGLE Damn, damn, damn," she said. "I never said why I like you, and now I have to go." "That's okay,... RAINBOW ROWELL I've missed you, Sebastian." "Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the... LISA KLEYPAS You’re here!” Isabelle danced up to them in delight, carrying a glass of fuchsia liquid, which s... CASSANDRA CLARE There is something of yours I would like to return to you." "What?" He leaned across the d... HOLLY BLACK Plastic ware," he said slowly, "like knives and forks and spoons?" I brushed a bit of dirt off ... SARAH DESSEN I can't bury another friend." "You won't." "If anything ever happened to you, Rowan-" SARAH J. MAAS He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. "Then let me call... SARAH J. MAAS What were you thinking about just now while you were looking out the window?" To his surprise, ... JUDITH MCNAUGHT Biting her lip to stop her chin from quivering, Alexandra raised her eyes to his. "I think," she whi... JUDITH MCNAUGHT When you've lived as long as I have," he said, eyes heavy-lidded but definitely on her, "you learn t... NALINI SINGH There was a few seconds' pause. Then Amit said: I meant, what were you thinking just now. VIKRAM SETH I doubt your Argonaut kin would approve of that,” she managed. “They didn’t much like me being... ELISABETH NAUGHTON This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me," he said, holding out his left hand, "and th... MELINA MARCHETTA Mother,” Alec’s voice as he interrupted his mother was firm, implacable, and not unkind. “Fath... CASSANDRA CLARE Her heart pounded as the door lifted and Hunter got out dressed in faded jeans, a gray and black v-n... SHERRILYN KENYON What'a wrong, Villa? Man, you look like shit!" Ramirez said from the driver's seat. The laughter in ... MILLY TAIDEN So,” he said, flicking her nose, “how long have you wanted—” “I don’t see how... SARAH J. MAAS She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. “So,” she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward gla... MARISSA MEYER Careful, Abbey," Caspian warned. "Don't get too close." "He killed her, Caspian! He was ... JESSICA VERDAY I looked at him and the other two people whose names I’d just learned. “So . . . so this is home... KIERA CASS
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Julian was saying as Emma approac... CASSANDRA CLARE What did Isabelle want?" Jace asked. Alec hesitated. "Isabelle says the Queen of the Seelie Cou... CASSANDRA CLARE Will suspected Jem was in fact cleverer than he was himself - but he lacked Will's tendency to assum... CASSANDRA CLARE So it's true what they say about warlocks, then?" Alec gave him a very unpleasant look. "Wha... CASSANDRA CLARE What I actually want to call you is a hell of a lot more unprintable than your name CASSANDRA CLARE Magnus raised his hands above his head and clapped once. The room flooded with light. "You see? You ... CASSANDRA CLARE I can't believe he didn't have the dignity and presence of mind just to get drunk and pass out in so... CASSANDRA CLARE If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you CASSANDRA CLARE My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health. CASSANDRA CLARE Isabelle snorted, "All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. 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 No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily. CASSANDRA CLARE