"Let me put it this way, my father believed in a righteous God. Deus volt, that was his motto- 'because God wills it.' It was the Grusaders' motto, and they went into battle and were slautered just like my father. And when I saw him lying dead in a pool of his own blood, I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way we're on our own."
— Cassandra Clare

"'...Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.""
— Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

" "I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teeenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a vantastic job.""
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"You wouldn't recognize a cunning plan if it painted itself blue and danced around naked singing 'cunning plans are here again'."
— Cassandra Clare

"'...in fact, don't touch any of my weapons without my permission.'
"Well, there goes my plan for selling them all on ebay," Clary muttered.
"Selling them on what?"
Clary smiled blandly at him, "A mythical place of great magical power.""
— Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

" "You Might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.""
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"'Can I help you with something?'
Clary turned instant traitor against her gender. "Those girls on the otherside of the car are staring at you."
Jace assumed an air of mellow gratification. 'Of course they are,'he said, 'I am stunningly attractive.'"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then throw it in the
face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the
oranges you originally asked for."
— Cassandra Clare

"I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"'the cuckoo bird,' she said. 'You see, cuckoos are parasites. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the egg hatches, the baby cuckoo pushes the other baby birds out of the nest. The poor parent birds work themselves to death trying to find enough food to feed the enormous cuckoo child who has murdered their babies and taken their places.'

'Enormous?' said Jace. 'Did you just call me fat?'

'It was an analogy.'

'I am not fat.'

-Jace and Inquistor"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"'One of the Silent Brothers is here to see you. Hodge sent me to wake you up. Actually he offered to wake you himself, but since it's 5 a.m., I figured you'd be less cranky if you had something nice to look at.' -Jace

'Meaning you?'-clary

'What else?'-jace"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

"'We came to see Jace. Is he alright?' -Clary

'I don't know,' Magnus said. 'Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?'"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"'Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?' -simon

'No,' Jace said. 'Somethimes he sits on the couch and does it.'"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"'It wouldn't be my move,' Jace agreed. 'First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order.'

-Jace"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

"Isabella with her whip and boots and knives would chop anyone who tried to pen her up in a tower into pieces, build a bridge out of the remains, and walk carelessly to freedom, her hair looking fabulous the entire time."
— Cassandra Clare

"'How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets.'-Inquistor

'Yeah,' Jace said. 'He's terrified I'll tell everyone that he's always wanted to be a ballerina.'"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"'Don't tell me,' Jace said,'Simon's turned himself into an ocelot and you want me to do something about it before Isabelle makes him into a stole. Well, you'll have have to wait till tomarrow. I'm out of commission.' He pointed at himself-he was wearing blue pajamas with a hole in the sleeve.'Look. Jammies.'

'Jace,' Clary said,'this is important.'

'Don't tell me,' he said.'You've got a drawing emergency. You Need a nude model. Well, I'm not in the mood. You could always ask Hodge,' he said as an afterthought. 'I hear he'll do anything for a -'

'JACE!' she interrupted him, her voice rising to a scream.'JUST SHUT UP FOR A SECOUND AND LISTEN, WILL YOU?'

He blinked."
— Cassandra Clare (City of Bones)

"Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good."
— P.C. Cast (Betrayed)

"Actually, since I'm gay I think I should count for two guys instead of just one. I mean, in me you get the male point of view and you don't have to worry about me wanting to touch your boobies."
— P.C. Cast (Marked)

""Your way of life is sinful and wrong," he said fiercely.
"Thus says a man who admits to worshipping a God who vilifies pleasure, relegates women to roles that are little more than servants and broodmares, though they are the backbone of your church, and seeks to control his worshippers through guilt and fear."
— P.C. Cast (Betrayed)

"'Don't you think baby corns are scary? There's just something wrong about their midget bodies.' -Erik Night"
— P.C. Cast (Marked)

"Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane"
— Rachel Caine (Glass Houses)

"Perv."
He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"
— Rachel Caine (Midnight Alley)

"Want to play baseball?’” she asked. Shane’s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. “What?’” “First base,’” she said. “You’re already there.’” “I’m not running the bases.’” “Well, you could at least steal second.’” “Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you’ve gone and ruined it.’”"
— Rachel Caine (The Dead Girls' Dance)

"Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed."
— Rachel Caine

"But that quickly faded, and he frowned. "You're bleeding," he said. "What happened?"
Claire sighed and held up her wrist to show him the bandage. "Man, you would be so embarrassed if I said it was something else." Michael looked blank. "I'm a girl, Michael, it could have been all natural, you know. Tampons?""
— Rachel Caine (Midnight Alley)

""Scoot over, man. I don't like you that much."
"Dick. That's not what you said last night."
"Bite me."
"
— Rachel Caine (Glass Houses)

""You're still here. No beer. I'm not corrupting a minor."
"But YOU'RE a minor," she pointed out. "At least for beer."
"Yeah, and by the way, how much does it suck that I'm an adult if I kill somebody, and I'm not if I want a beer?" "
— Rachel Caine (Glass Houses)

""Don't we look suspicious, the three of us just sitting here in the car?" Borden asked.
"We'd look a lot more suspicious if we were all three making out in the car," Jazz said. "What?" she added, when Borden turned and gave her a wide-eyed look.
"You have no idea what kind of happy place you just took me to."
"Shut up.""
— Rachel Caine

""And if you dont come back from the dorm, I'm the one who has to explain to Micheal how I let you go off and get yourself killed like a Dumbass. First rule in horror movies, Clair-Never split up!""
— Rachel Caine

" "Is there some particular reason that you're here?"...
"Not this again."
"Not what again?" said Clary.
"Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house." Simon pointed at Jace."
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"Catching sight of himself in the long mirrors that ran along the walls, he stiffened in shock...His eyes were surrounded by black shadows, his shirt smeared with dried blood and filthy mud...
"Admiring yourself?" The Inquisitor's voice cut through his reverie. "You won't look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you."
"You do seem obsessed with my look...Could it be that you're attracted to me?"
"Don't be revolting...You could be my son.""
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"Don't sulk. For someone with all the grace and coordination of a pregnant wildebeest, you did great."
— Cassandra Clare

"'Your so easy to tease. And yes, your friend is just fine. Well, except that he keeps putting all my things away and trying to clean up. Now I can't find anything. He's compulsive.'

-Magnus"
— Cassandra Clare (City of Ashes)

"“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then throw it in the
face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the
oranges you originally asked for.""
— Cassandra Clare

""I don't want to be a man. I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead""
— Cassandra Clare

"There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose."
— Cate Tiernan

"Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot."
— Cate Tiernan

"They always forget the last part of that saying: curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back" its something to that effect anyway."
— Tamora Pierce

"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep."
— Tamora Pierce (In the Hand of the Goddess)

"If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught."
— Tamora Pierce (Trickster's Choice)

"" I want a relationship i can finally sink my teeth into. " - Alexander Sterling. "
— Ellen Schreiber

"I'm looking for a relationship I can sink my teeth into."
— Ellen Schreiber (Vampire Kisses)

""Kel: He says he's changed.
Neal: I suppose he could have changed, I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.
Kel: You do look yellow around the edges. I hadn't wanted to bring it up.
Neal: We daffodils like to have things brought up. It reminds us of spring.""
— Tamora Pierce (Page)

"Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy."
— Tamora Pierce (Trickster's Choice)

"I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch."
— Tamora Pierce (First Test)

"Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again."
— Tamora Pierce

"I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is."
— Tamora Pierce

"And if wishes were pies, I`d weigh more than I do.
Sir Myles of Barony Olau "
— Tamora Pierce (Squire)

"Kel grinned, but said "You know, orgres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart."
"And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound," he admitted cheerfully. "I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself."
Kel groaned and punched him in the shoulder."
— Tamora Pierce (First Test)