“Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.”
― Clockwork Angel
― Clockwork Angel
“I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis.”
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“I don't care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the part of you that loved him.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone
“When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
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