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Your place is with me,” Jem said. “It always will be.”“What do you mean?”He flushed, the color dark against his pale skin. “I mean,” he said, “Tessa G...more

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Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sake.

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But you hate poetry!Yes, but you make me want to write it.

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He dropped his voice, so low that Tessa wasn’t sure if what he said next was real or part of the dream darkness rising to claim her, though shefought ...more

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Not forever, Tessa thought. They had a long, long time. A lifetime. His lifetime. And she would lose him one day, as she had lost Will, and her heart ...more

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Value your parabatai," he said. "For it is a precious bond. All love is precious. It is why we do what we do. Why do we fight demons? Why are they not...more

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Heroes save worlds," Clary said. "They don't destroy them.

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As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

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But I have made a study of Shadowhunters now, over the past century, and let me tell you that we are more human than most human beings. When our heart...more

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Herondales." Zachariah's voice was a breath, half laughter, half pain. "I had almost forgotten. No other family does so much for love, or feels so muc...more

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We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there i...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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Whatever you are physically, male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy – all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have ...more

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Being a vampire is not a curse. It’s a disease,” Tessa filled in. “But they still can’t enter hallowed ground, then? Does that mean they’re damned?” ...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