She turned to look at Sebastian, lying on the bed. He was shirtless, and even in the dim light the old whip weals across his back were visible. She had always been fascinated by Shadowhunters but had never thought she would find one whose personality she could stand for more than five minutes, until Sebastian.
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EUDORA WELTY And she knew him and so herself, for although she had always known herself she had never been able t... ITALO CALVINO Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS You had every right to be. He raised his eyes to look at her and she was suddenly and strangely remi... CASSANDRA CLARE For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had... CASSANDRA CLARE She looked into the mirror, wiping the mascara that was running down her cheeks with her tears and s... AKSHAY VASU It was awfully hard on my mother. She had trouble facing it, ... She was a farm girl and never hardl... JEANNE PYLE They had started one of those wish-fulfillment kids’ adventure books, where the boy hero has exact... MAILE MELOY But my mother was aglow. She had a continuing fascination with celebrities, and now she had one of h... STEVE MARTIN Bastard,” she spat at him, and she thought he had moved closer. She swung at him, and then suddenl... ROBIN HOBB Most of the staff was much younger, but she was always the first one up and the last to bed. She nev... JEANNE CLARK I never had anything good, no sweet, no sugar; and that sugar, right by me, did look so nice, and my... HARRIET TUBMAN Will. For a moment her heart hesitated. She remembered when Will had died, her agony, the long night... CASSANDRA CLARE His mind drifted back to times past. He missed the companionship of his old pack. He had grown up in... ALAN KINROSS He’d never be able to touch her, and as passionate as she was, she would eventually need a man who... GENA SHOWALTER But now she could not bear the way she sounded. She was not a person anyone could love. .... PETER CAREY She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then be... KATHERINE PATERSON Sebastian,” Katarina said, turning to her nephew. “You’ve grown.” “It happens,... JULIA QUINN When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she ha... STIEG LARSSON She told me that she had found an old house that she really loved. She would say 'I want you to come... LUTHER HILL The light was so dim that Jaime could scarcely see her, though they stood a scant few feet apart. 'I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home a... COCO J. GINGER (Clare) had been hurt all year, ... Her first game back, she got the game-winning kill. I cried when... SHANNON DAVIS Also another time she had wakened in dead of night, thinking that something touched her, and when sh... EVANGELINE WALTON He remembered Tessa weeping in his arms in Paris, and thinking that he had never known the loss she ... CASSANDRA CLARE Kiss me again,” he challenged, only half joking. It was so weird to hear him say that, to hea... KIMBERLY DERTING She had not thought it would be so easy to slip into the old roles. Cambridge had changed her fundam... IAN MCEWAN Time to hunt?" Cattie-brie cried, satisfied that she had gotten her point across. She rose beside Wu... R.A. SALVATORE He felt she could be unpredictable and possibly violent. At one point, she indicated to him that she... STEVEN LANDES Even though she had the stool, she had to wait and look for the chance to find a space to put it dow... WANG WEI That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Her hand accidentally brushed up against his chest. She froze. His breathing remained steady and reg... CATE CAMPBELL BEATTY She never even told me how she felt," Valerie thought aloud, feeling the betrayal in her gut. How ha... SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressi... AMINATTA FORNA George stared at the dove. What would she say if she could speak to him? What would she wish for, fo... METTE IVIE HARRISON Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?” Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fer... MARISSA MEYER She hoped that they would someday find a cure for cancer. She never wanted her kids, or anyone, to g... JIM HOUDEK At the end of her life she was aware of heat but not pain. She had time to consider his eyes, eyes o... STEPHEN KING The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effort... ORHAN PAMUK Amari swung around in her seat to look back and there was indeed a small girl sitting on the boundar... SIAN B. CLAVEN If she had loved him, he would have opened windows, allowed all of that precious light of hers in sh... AMANDA LANCE She wanted this one last, special trip. She had always been to Disney World, but never to Disney Lan... BONNIE HOUDEK And here she was. 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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