We find in our children our own selves again, who might be made better than we are.

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.

Sanity is very rare every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

An ongoing relationship with God through His Word is essential to the Christian's consistent victory!

We are human beings, not ants.

Success is achieved in inches, not miles.

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

Photography is choosing where to point your eye-cone.

Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because, unless you're very lucky, that's what's going to happen.

The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God.

The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done.