I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.

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.

If a man has lost everything he has but his dreams, it means that he has still everything!

Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle.

The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time

And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a kite. Except that the string was coming from my center.

When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.

I hope that when the time comes, I am treated with compassion and allowed to pass on to the next phase of life's journey in the manner of my choice.

Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.

For me, listening to my breath in between the lines, allows me to be in deep connection to my spirit.

I am the last President of the United States!