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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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Clary," he said. "You're Clary. You're my best friend.

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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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Shapes began to appear in the mist as it thickened. Clary saw herself and Simon as children, holding hands, crossing a street in Brooklyn,; she had ba...more

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Isabelle was holding an umbrella. It was clear plastic, decorated with decals of colorful flowers. It was one of the girliest things Simon had ever se...more

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Jem gave her a wistful look. “Must you go? I was rather hoping that you’d stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must.” “I’ll stay,”...more

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You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.

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If I was harsh with you, it was because I cannot bear to see you treat yourself as if you are worth nothing. Whatever part you might act to the contra...more

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I would die for you. You know that. I would die without you. If it were not for you, I would be dead a hundred times over these past five years.

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He pulled the Carstairs family ring from his finger and held it out to Will. "Take it."Will let his eyes drift down toward it, and then up to Jem's fa...more

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All my life, since I came to the institute, you were the mirror of my soul. I saw the good in me in you. In your eyes alone I found grace, When you ar...more

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Hello, companion," said Magnus.The monkey made a terrible sound, half snarl and half hiss."I begin to rather doubt the beauty of our friendship," said...more

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I have been a friend to Shadowhunters. I know many of your families, going back for hundreds of years.""There is nothing we can do to correct the ques...more