Alanah

“Pretentious hair prince us right."

Kieran blinked. "What did you call me?"

"I'm trying it out," Emma said, with a wave. "And I said you were right. Enjoy it. I doubt I'll say it again.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“My body is my body - the body I have grown into as women, as all women grow into their bodies”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“At those times when I thought it'd be safer for everyone if I was ... gone... all I had do was feel the ink thrumming under my skin. Feel the reminder of what had been taken from me. And I knew I couldn't do that to someone else, couldn't put anyone I cared about through that kind of pain.”
― Lynette Noni, We Three Heroes

“She gave me words, which I'd never had, as a gift. It was the first time I heard the word 'transgender'. I broke into tears. I had never realised before how much you can take from someone by not allowing them the words that needed to describe themselves. How can you know there are other people like you, when you've never had a name to call yourself?”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows