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“Where's your dad?"
"Gone. Where does he go, anyway?"
"He probably has work to do."
"Yeah, gotta go burn a bush for Moses.”
― Cynthia Hand, Hallowed

“I know how you guys feel about us. I'm not stupid, and believe me, I've tried to get you out of my head. But there isn't enough liquor or art or any other distraction in the world to do it. I had to stop going to Wolfe's because it was too hard being that close to you, even if it was all just pretend fighting. I couldn't stand the touching. It was agonizing because it meant something to me－and I knew it meant nothing to you. I kept telling myself to stay away altogether, and then I'd find excuses… like the car… anything to be around you again.”
― Richelle Mead, The Golden Lily

“Rose once told me about this poem she’d read. There was this line, ‘If your eyes weren’t open, you wouldn’t know the difference between dreaming and waking.’ You know what I’m afraid of? That someday, even with my eyes open, I still won’t know.”
― Richelle Mead

“He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls