I learned to play the instruments of war, " he said, "and paint in blood.

Tell me you love me. Tell me you love me and will fight with me.

Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind.

Church was doing what he often did when dropped - lying on his back with all four legs in the air, pretending to be dead in order to induce guilt in his owners.

Don’t take this the wrong way, but you smell like Magnus.

It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had.

The only way that we can protect each other is if we are together. If we face things together. If we trust each other.

There’s more to honesty than … than an arrangement of words. They say faeries can’t lie, but you lie in your intentions, your attitude, your demeanor —

Of course he loves me. I’m his sister.”“Blood isn’t love, ” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter.

Not enough, " he said, letting her hair slip through his fingers. "If I kiss you all day, everyday, for the rest of my life, it won't be enough.

Ah, ” said Magnus. “Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated.

And I learned that sometimes when someone says something so devastatingly perfect, there isn't a need for a response. The words said it all.

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.

Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.

Nerds are far more interesting human in later life.

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution

I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.

If we are wise, we never leave school.

We got the hot fudge on the bottom.... that allows you to control the fudge distribution while you're eating your ice cream.

Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.