What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?" - Will Herondale

La belle Isabelle

The point of stories is not that they are objectively true, but that the soul of the story is truer than reality. Those who mock fiction do so because they fear truth.

He had been through a hundred heartbreaks, but he found himself afraid when he thought of Alexander Lightwood breaking his heart. He did not know how this boy with the messy black hair and the worried blue eyes, with his steady hands and rare sweet smile that was less rare in Magnus's presence, had acquired such power over him.

I'm trying to court you," Will said in exasperation.

A sense of hopelessness had invaded his bones, as chill and as inescapable as the rain.

He could sleep in the ruins of cities lost for centuries.

There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher." - Malcolm Fade

It has been many years since I have eaten freely at my choice, fair one, and a plate of strawberries is all that I desire." - Mark Blackthorn