I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while, " he grunted, "It relaxes me.""It does? Oh - you're being sarcastic. That's a good sign probably.

As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?

I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.

You know what the worst thing I can imagine is? Simon had said. Not trusting someone I love.

If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you

Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray

I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.

Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)

Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same.

You're Valentine's son. I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you're charming. Maybe not at the moment.

Life…was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.

The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.

Paris-New York, the two high tension magnetic poles between life, life of the senses, of the spirit in Paris, and life in action in New York.

Solitude is considered un-American.

The easiest way to maintain happiness is to lower your expectations of other people and raise them of yourself!

The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines.

When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.

Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable.