Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.
I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
"It's not gray," Clary felt compelled to point out. "It's green." "If there was such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood," said Jace."
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?
Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.
I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That's why I'm constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning.
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?