I need you to forgive me. And then perhaps I can begin to forgive myself. There is no one but you who can do that either.

Shall I add a man to my collection?

I wish you were small again, so I could hold you in my arms and comfort you. But you are grown, and you know that for some things there is no comfort.

You--cannot ever be certain of those you love--that they will not hurt you, even loving you. But to make me certain to love you, will be to take away any love I might give you freely.

A net of words, he said at last, is more powerful than a net of rope.

Be patient, as you must always be patient with new pale seeds buried in the dark ground. When you are stronger, you can begin to think again. But now is the time to feel.

She was ugly, was all they'd told her. But she didn't find them beautiful, so what did it matter?

Art is a journey of excellence not a goal of perfection.

Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; It is its own reward. Everything else is in god's hands. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

I am so in love with my brother right now!

What I'd like to do now - well, what I'd like to do now is grow my beard very long, weave it into my pubes and strum it like a harp.

Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.' Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.' Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery tank of male egos.

I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves.

I sleep in the pajamas almost every single night, if not, the nightgowns.

I know I work quite hard at making people like me.