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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young

“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself â€� educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook

“Look on the bright side," said Simon, "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway.”
― City of Ashes
― City of Ashes

“Look, I asked you here for a reason. Much as I hate to admit it, vampire, we have something in common."
"Totally awesome hair?" Simon suggested.”
― City of Glass
"Totally awesome hair?" Simon suggested.”
― City of Glass

“I'm glad you think this is funny."
"You're not happy to see me, then?" Jace asked. "I have to say, I'm surprised. I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cells.”
― City of Glass
"You're not happy to see me, then?" Jace asked. "I have to say, I'm surprised. I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cells.”
― City of Glass

“It doesn't hurt."
"But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn't heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as Isabelle pulled Simon's shirt down. "Molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, Iz?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords."
"I'm just showing him where he got stabbed," Isabelle protested, but she scooted back to her chair with a certain amount of haste.”
― City of Glass
"But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn't heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as Isabelle pulled Simon's shirt down. "Molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, Iz?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords."
"I'm just showing him where he got stabbed," Isabelle protested, but she scooted back to her chair with a certain amount of haste.”
― City of Glass

“But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?"
Simon raised his eyebrows in response.
"Well, aside from mine, of course," Jace said. "And I'm sure my blood is fan-tastic.”
― City of Glass
Simon raised his eyebrows in response.
"Well, aside from mine, of course," Jace said. "And I'm sure my blood is fan-tastic.”
― City of Glass

“This one incident I will not allow you to shrug off!"
"I wasn't planning to," Jace said. "I can't shrug anything off. My shoulder's dislocated."
-Hodge & Jace, pg.296-”
― City of Bones
"I wasn't planning to," Jace said. "I can't shrug anything off. My shoulder's dislocated."
-Hodge & Jace, pg.296-”
― City of Bones

“Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain.
(Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)”
― Pascal's Pensees
(Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)”
― Pascal's Pensees

“I'm not sure you're quite sensible of the honor I'm doing you," Jace said. "you'll be the first mundane who has ever been inside the Institute."
"Probably the smell keeps the rest of them away.”
― City of Bones
"Probably the smell keeps the rest of them away.”
― City of Bones

“What's your angle?" I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding.
"Isosceles," Jack quipped.”
― My Blood Approves
"Isosceles," Jack quipped.”
― My Blood Approves

“I will confess to you that, you know, one of the statements that’s been attributed to me that I’m sort of proud of is somebody said, you know, “What do we do about Osama bin Laden?â€� And they asked me, “Can we forgive him?â€� And I said, “Forgiveness is up to God. I just hope we hurry up the meeting.â€� And that’s the way I feel about him, really. [8 February 2003 show of Meet The Press, NBC News]”
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“Aren't you a little small for a dragon rider?' the venin hisses.
'Big enough to kill you.”
― Fourth Wing
'Big enough to kill you.”
― Fourth Wing

“Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon.”
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
“I'm tired of trying to do something worthwhile for the human race, they simply don't want to change!”
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“A crime...' Reynevan cleared his throat, 'is always a crime. Nothing can justify it.'
'Indeed?'
'Nothing. One cannot-'
'Do you know what, Reynevan?' For the first time, Samson manifested something like impatience. 'Go and play chess. That will be to your taste - black here, white there and all the fields square.”
― Narrenturm
'Indeed?'
'Nothing. One cannot-'
'Do you know what, Reynevan?' For the first time, Samson manifested something like impatience. 'Go and play chess. That will be to your taste - black here, white there and all the fields square.”
― Narrenturm

“You may command the sky,' the horned man in the golden scale mail returns. 'But alas, we are here on the ground.”
― The Stolen Heir
― The Stolen Heir

“You know what I would love right about now?'
'For there to be no talk of giant, people-eating rats?”
― From Blood and Ash
'For there to be no talk of giant, people-eating rats?”
― From Blood and Ash

“He was quite belligerent on the subject of your well-being—in fact, positively threatening as to what might happen if I laid a finger on you. It was like being savaged by an Angora rabbit.”
― Masters in This Hall
― Masters in This Hall

“I can hiss and spit with the best of them, but is it really necessary for me to demonstrate it? - The Malwatch”
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“I'd rather shave my armpits with a chainsaw than _____________ (fill in the blank).”
― Brother Broken
― Brother Broken
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