I love you. And I don't want to lose you.

Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend.

Whither thou goest, I will go; Where thou diest, will I die And there will I be buried: The Angel do so to me, and more also, If aught but death part thee and me.

Wherever we are, we are as one

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

We're not dating," Alec said again. "Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?

Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

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

Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world.

Whenever you make up your mind to go into solitude, you must decide first of all what you want to go and do there.

Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.

War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as physical, brain as well as muscles, and stamina as well as courage.

Do not always prove yourself to be the one in the right. The right will appear. You need only give it a chance.

Was it the same light that enchanted the first photographers? It is the same, and it is still brand new - it is something that never wears out.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

Love your friends and be just to your enemies.

I've been very lucky. I've had three separate careers: freelance illustrator, then set designer, puppetteer and animator, and now fine artist. I just bluffed my way into every one of 'em!