“Has anyone ever told you,” Python rasped, “that you are annoying?” I HATH, the Arrow of Dodona said in a melancholy tone. A THOUSAND TIMES.”
― The Tower of Nero
― The Tower of Nero
“Ladies and Gentlemen, meet my glow-in-the-dark boyfriend.”
― The Tower of Nero
― The Tower of Nero
“Each time, she noticed his eyes, luminous and slit-pupiled—each time, he expected her to be frightened, but she was only ever curious. When she got old enough, she would ask him, "Why do you have cat eyes?" He got to try out plenty of responses.
"I traded them with my cat. Now he has human eyes."
"The better to see you with, my dear."
"Why do you not have cat eyes?”
― The Lost Book of the White
"I traded them with my cat. Now he has human eyes."
"The better to see you with, my dear."
"Why do you not have cat eyes?”
― The Lost Book of the White
“I wish I could do more. Be a better parabatai. Fighting alongside someone you love isn't just about fighting more effectively. It's also about supporting each other when things go wrong.
"We know exactly what you mean," Alec said, looking at Jace. "And you are a good parabatai, Clary. Watching you and Simon together—"
"It's like seeing the two of us," Jace said, indicating himself and Alec. "Strength and beauty. Perfect harmony. Skill and intuition, exactly matched."
Alec raised an eyebrow, "Are you strength or beauty?"
"I think we all know the answer to that," said Jace.
"You really are a very strange group of people," observed Tian.”
― The Lost Book of the White
"We know exactly what you mean," Alec said, looking at Jace. "And you are a good parabatai, Clary. Watching you and Simon together—"
"It's like seeing the two of us," Jace said, indicating himself and Alec. "Strength and beauty. Perfect harmony. Skill and intuition, exactly matched."
Alec raised an eyebrow, "Are you strength or beauty?"
"I think we all know the answer to that," said Jace.
"You really are a very strange group of people," observed Tian.”
― The Lost Book of the White
“[Nero] jumped off his couch and marched straight toward me, his whole body starting to glow, because Will Solace couldn't have his own thing. Oh, no, Nero had to glow, too.”
― The Tower of Nero
― The Tower of Nero
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