Lindsey Ferguson

“Jamie chose that moment to almost fall down the stairs. Mae took his whole weight and grabbed the banister. Seb reached out but Jamie shied away, and Nick gave Jamie a push in the chest that was clearly intended to right him, but that nearly had him toppling over backward.
Balance eventually restored to them all, Jamie gave Nick an approving look.
"You are my friend," he told him.
"Yeah, I am," said Nick.
"But these stairs," Jamie said sadly. "They are not my friends.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Covenant

“I have changed my mind. You can help cook by standing in a corner and not touching anything. Do it carefully.
-Nick to Jamie”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Lexicon

“Sometmes when you pull knives on people, they get this impression that you're going to hurt them, and then they're completely terrified. Crazy, I know!"

"Okay," said Nick. He turned to Jamie & popped his left wrist sheath again. "Look."

Jamie backed up. "Which part of 'completely terrified' did you translate as 'show us your knives, Nick'? Don't show me your knives, Nick. I have no interest in your knives."

Nick rolled his eyes. "This is a quillon dagger. That's a knife with a sword handle. I like it because it has a good grip for stabbing."

"Why do you say these things?" Jamie inquired piteously. "Is it to make me sad?"

"I didn't have you cornered," Nick went on. "You could've run. And this dagger doesn't have an even weight distribution; it's absolute rubbish for throwing. If I had any intention of hurting you, I'd have used a knife I could throw."

Jamie blinked. "I will remember those words always. I may try to forget them, but I sense that I won't be able to.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Covenant

“I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.”
― Cassandra Clare