"Once you start thinking about the lies people tell when they don't know they're telling them, the truths people reveal when they think they're lying, then you can start to build a world."
— Sarah Rees Brennan

"Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work."
— Sarah Rees Brennan

"'Some magicians are rich, some are famous, some are stupidly good-looking.'

Jamie gave Nick a rather complicated look.

Nick raised an eyebrow. 'Some of us manage to be stupidly good-looking on our own.'"
— Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon's Lexicon)

"Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think it’s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to have familial love be as important as romantic love, and to show that love can go through fire and darkness - not unchanged, because experiences like that change everyone - but never faltering"
— Sarah Rees Brennan

"My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead."
— Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon's Lexicon)

"He had called girls to him before. There was nothing so easy whether you were walking into a classroom, a club, or down the street. All you had to do was send out the right signals, give her the right look, turn your body the right way, and never for a moment let it cross your mind that she might not be interested."
— Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon's Lexicon)

"The cut in Nick's arm was starting to throb dully with the pressure he was putting on it. He kept looking at Alan. 'How many times have you lied to me?' he asked in a soft voice.

Alan replied, equally softly, 'I've lost count.'"
— Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon's Lexicon)

""I don't really get scared. Want to know what else i don't feel?"
"PITY""
— Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon's Lexicon)

"of course nick was expected to get rid of the body"
— Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon's Lexicon)