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“Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be."

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“They need a muse," said Anna. "Someone to be inspired by. Someone to know their secrets. Would you like to be a muse?"
"No," said Cordelia. "I would like to be a hero.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold

“Why? What am I supposed to do?" she says, her expression piercing. "Fall in love with you?"
I almost drop the glass.
"Don't look so surprised," she says. "I've been trying to think of what would require you to kidnap someone each season, and that's all that makes sense. Now I understand what Grey meant when he said it's not something I can consciously do."
I sigh.
She continues to watch me, and her eyes narrow. "Now I understand why you're shirtless.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“There is no way out. You once said I plan my actions twenty moves in advance. There are no more moves to make."
"Then perhaps it is time to play like a guardsman, and not like a king.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“Failure isn't absolute, just because you couldn't save everyone doesn't mean you didn't save anyone.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“You carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I feel as if you have carried it long before that.”
― Holly Black, Valiant

“Human girls cry when they're sad and laugh when they're happy. They have a single fixed shape rather than shifting with their whims like windblown smoke. They have their own parents, whom they love. They don't go around stealing other girls' mothers. At least that's what Kaye thought human girls were like. She wouldn't really know. After all, she wasn't human.”
― Holly Black, Ironside

“You can't eat some of a dumpling and put it back,' Oak insists. 'That's revolting.'
Cardan considers that villainy takes many forms, and he is good at all of them.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“I am not so arrogant as to have begun my fight with a troll in the middle of the night. And I definitely wouldn’t have managed to talk her to death.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“Maybe this is just a good chance to focus on other things," my dad tells me. "Nothing wrong with focusing on yourself every once in a while.”
― Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

“Good. Illegal is always faster.”
― Eoin Colfer

“There are those who believe that true love is humankind's greatest motivator.
Those people are sweet but completely wrong.”
― Eoin Colfer, Get What They Deserve

“What would I do without you?" I ask.
She winks. "You'd die.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“If I'm going to die, I'd like to actually live first.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“You got me. I stole it."
He pulls at the other end of the pool cue, shaking his head. "Nah, you gave it a better home.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Almost is such a wonderful word, don't you think?" said the shopkeeper with a wink. "So full of wiggle rom and loopholes, so not absolutely anything.”
― A.J. Hartley, Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact

“Schools may be famous for many things: academics, graduates, sports teams.
They are not supposed to be famous for murders.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“Remember: If you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget.”
― Joseph Fink, Mostly Void, Partially Stars

“Audible.com: You can't burn what you can't even touch.”
― Joseph Fink, Mostly Void, Partially Stars

“What?" said Oscar. "You're not going to remark on all the mind-blowing things I can do?"
Ruby gestured halfheartedly in Oscar's direction. "Oscar can eat two extra-large pizzas in one sitting while quoting the entire third season of Star Avengers from memory."
Oscar nodded solemnly. "It's hard to believe I even exist.”
― Marissa Meyer, Archenemies

“I am human," said Cinder quietly, the anger drained out of her. She just wanted Adri to stop talking so she could go to her room and be alone and think about Peony. The antidote. Their escape.
"No, Cinder. Humans cry.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cinder

“I never said I had bad news," our Gearhead replies, tapping on his keyboard. "I said I had absolutely terrible news.”
― Amie Kaufman, Aurora Rising

“I'm sorry, Princess, could you repeat that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of all the shits I don't give.”
― Amie Kaufman

“Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn