“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”
― Clockwork Angel
― Clockwork Angel
“And I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what he’d done for me. For what I felt for him.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“Maxon, some of those marks are on your back so they wouldn’t be on mine, and I love you for them.”
He stopped breathing for a second. “What did you say?”
I smiled. “I love you.”
“One more time, please? I just—”
I took his face in both of my hands. “Maxon Schreave, I love you. I love you.”
“And I love you, America Singer. With all that I am, I love you.”
― The One
He stopped breathing for a second. “What did you say?”
I smiled. “I love you.”
“One more time, please? I just—”
I took his face in both of my hands. “Maxon Schreave, I love you. I love you.”
“And I love you, America Singer. With all that I am, I love you.”
― The One
“I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.”
― The Selection
― The Selection
“Wo wei ni xie de,” he said, as he raised the violin to his left shoulder, tucking it under his chin. He had told her many violinists used a shoulder rest, but he did not: there was a slight mark on the side of his throat, like a permanent bruise, where the violin rested.
“You — made something for me?” Tessa asked.
“I wrote something for you,” he corrected, with a smile, and began to play.”
― Clockwork Princess
“You — made something for me?” Tessa asked.
“I wrote something for you,” he corrected, with a smile, and began to play.”
― Clockwork Princess
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