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Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.

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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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To be beautiful you had to be willowy and tall. When you were as short as Clary was, just over five feet, you were cute. Not pretty or beautiful, but ...more

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Haven't you ever heard that modesty is an attractive trait?""Only from ugly people," Jace confided. "The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment...more

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You can see where it was, years ago. Like an old woman who was once beautiful, but time has taken her beauty away.

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Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world.' - Jocelyn

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Looking at him now-even if she hadn't been in love with him, that part of her that was her mother's daugher, that loved every beautiful thing for its ...more

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God knows we’re all drawn toward what’s beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be fixed. Or if they can be, it’s only by love and s...more

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I suspect he's sweet on Sophie and doesn't like to see her work too hard.'Tessa was glad to hear it. She'd felt awful about her reaction to Sophie's s...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 h...more

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Sophie," he said, and when she gave him a stern look, he took a hasty swig of the posset. “Miss Collins. I have not yet had a chance to properly apolo...more

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A steady flame unwavering & honest

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And yet here he was, looking at Jem Carstairs, a boy so fragile-looking that he appeared to be made out of glass, with the hardness of his expression ...more

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Love is beautiful." - Malcolm Fade

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Kieran glanced at her with shimmering eyes. Neither looked quite human: The black eye was too dark, the silver too metallic. And yet the overall effec...more