They sat in silence on the windowsill, their hands locked across the distance between them.

As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.

Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.

Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.

There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.

Every time I think I'm missing a piece of me, you give it back.

Don't you think 'Mark is kind of a weird name for a Shadowhunter?" Julian was saying as Emma approached. "I mean, if you really think about it. It's confusing. 'Put a Mark on me, Mark.

Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something(All The King's Men)

Just when you think things can't get any naughtier... they do!

History is the collective consciousness of the then intellectuals and not just some numbers, time and events.

God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.

The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms.

In general, if a couple cannot expand their original rules and boundaries to accommodate personal growth, the relationship disintegrates.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

Every movie I’ve made is different, but it’s because I’m different. I’m not the same person I was in 1992 or 1999.

Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know.

I know how much respect I have for people of all different faiths, but especially for my family, who are the most important people in my life, and who are still practicing, and deeply religious.