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Family is more than blood

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He remembered running through the streets of Alicante with Tavvy in his arms, stumbling on the cracked paving. trying to keep his little brother's fac...more

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That sounds terrific, thought Cary, just you, your comatose wife your shell-shocked son, and your daughter who hates your guts. Not to mention that yo...more

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The more you try to crush your nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

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People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but it's the way you live your life that matters. And the people you kn...more

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She had worn the Morgenstern ring since Jace had left it for her, and sometimes she wondered why. Did she really want to be reminded of Valentine? And...more

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...; Clary saw the group of lycanthropes look up, alert as a group of hunting dogs senting game. She turned- And saw Luke, tired and bloodstained, com...more

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Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.

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And she wept as well for the others lost in the Dark War, and she wept for her mother and the loss she had endured, and she wept for Emma and the Blac...more

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I wish I had a parabatai," Emma said. "It's like someone who's your family, but because they want to be, not because they have to be.

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What do you think it would have been like if Valentine had brought you up along with me? Would you have loved me?"Clary was very glad she had put her ...more

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I don’t understand what makes them come out like that!”“Hunger,” said Jem. “Were you thinking about blood?”“No.”“Were you thinking about eating me?” W...more

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He made it very clear that he didn’t want me here,” she said at last. “That my remaining at the Institute is not the happy chance I thought it was. No...more

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Will is… difficult,” Jem said. “But family is difficult. If I didn’t think the Institute was the best place for you, Tessa, I wouldn’t say it was. And...more

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These pictures are my heart. And if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.