Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.

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.

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

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.

Whining is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

Author Toni Morrison swats aside other possible sources of her success and says that the ONLY reason she is a great writer is because when she walked into a room as a child her father's face lit up.

Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was but it does not matter it does not affect one's faith.

Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.

Become an ambassador of peace in your own life.

In 1958 I finally found a large enough apartment on the Lower East Side, where I reverted to figure painting. I drew and painted quite a lot of figures and nudes. People would come and pose for me.

The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector in education.

Communism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society ... fascism, a program for the social control of intellect.