“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“All the stories are true”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“If only Simon were here. He could probably bore you to sleep.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“She looked up from closing it to find Jace watching her through hooded eyes. “And one last thing,” he said. He reached over and pulled the sparking pins out of her hair, so that it fell in warm heavy curls down her neck. The sensation of hair tickling her bare skin was unfamiliar and oddly pleasant. “Much better,” he said, and she thought this time that maybe his voice was uneven too.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“Jace, on the other hand, looked like the sort of boy who'd come over to your house and burn it down for kicks.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
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