Taylor

“He could feel the strong, steady beat of Isabelle's heart.

'I thought you were dead,' she went on. 'I saw you fall down, and--I thought you were dead.'

Simon let her hold him, propping himself up on his hands. He realized that he was listing like a ship with a hole in its side, and tried not to move. He was afraid that if he did, he would fall over. 'I am dead.'

'I know,' Izzy snapped. I mean more dead than usual.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls

“No, you don’t need to help me. But if you don’t, there’s nothing stopping me from calling you up again and again, now that I know you can’t kill me. Think of it as me leaning against your Heavenly doorbell… forever.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls

“The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. "Ryan," he said, "stop leaning on my car.”
― Derek Landy, The End of the World

“With the whole Mark of Cain thing, does that mean if I accidentally kick you during the night, I get kicked in the shins seven times by an invisible force?”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls