“We are all our past have made us. The accumulation of thousands of daily choices. We can change ourselves, but never erase what we've been. Forgetting those choices doesn't unmake them.”
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
“It’s hard to believe how much light you can find in the darkness, when you have someone who loves you.”
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
“Emma, everyone's afraid of something." Julian move slightly closer; she felt his shoulders bump hers. "We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything.”
― Lord of Shadows
― Lord of Shadows
“But I know your blood doesn't define you. What defines you is the choices you make. If I've learned anything this year, it's that. And I also know that loving someone--even when it's scary, even when there are consequences--is never the wrong thing to do. Loving someone is the opposite of hurting her.”
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
“I love you unconditionally,' his mom had said, once or twice, when he was younger. 'That's how parents love. I love you no matter what.' People said thing like that, without thinking of potential nightmare scenarios or horrific conditions, the whole changing and love slipping away. None of them ever dreamed love would be tested, and fail.”
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
― Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
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