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“Oh,鈥� Jace said carelessly, as if he hadn鈥檛 been waiting out here for the express purpose of seeing Simon off. He looked up, golden gaze casual, then looked away. 鈥淵ou.鈥�
Being too cool for school was Jace鈥檚 thing. Simon supposed he must have understood and been fond of it, once.
鈥淗ey, I figured I wasn鈥檛 going to get the chance to ask this again. You and me,鈥� Simon said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e pretty tight, aren鈥檛 we?鈥�
Jace looked at him for a moment, face very still, and then bounded to his feet and said: 鈥淎bsolutely. We鈥檙e like this.鈥� He crossed two of his fingers together. 鈥淎ctually, we鈥檙e more like this.鈥� He tried to cross them again. 鈥淲e had a little bit of initial tension, as you may later recall, but that was all cleared up when you came to me and confessed that you were struggling with your feelings of intense jealousy over my鈥攖hese were your words鈥攕tunning good looks and irresistible charm.鈥�
鈥淒id I,鈥� said Simon.
Jace clapped him on the shoulder. 鈥淵eah, buddy. I remember it clearly.鈥�
鈥淥kay, whatever. The thing is 鈥� Alec鈥檚 always really quiet around me,鈥� Simon said. 鈥淚s he just shy, or did I tick him off and I don鈥檛 remember it? I wouldn鈥檛 like to go away without trying to make things right.鈥�
Jace鈥檚 expression took on that peculiar stillness again. 鈥淚鈥檓 glad you asked me that,鈥� he said finally. 鈥淭here is something more going on. The girls didn鈥檛 want me to tell you, but the truth is鈥�”
― Cassandra Clare, Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

“I take the tiniest of steps back and reach out to place my hand in his. When I do, it鈥檚 exactly as I thought 鈥� electrifying. Game face, Veronica, game face. I smile as if he has no effect on me at all. I know this works when I am doing my job. I don鈥檛 know if it will work for him, but here it goes. 鈥淰eronica Johnson,鈥� I confidently reply.

He just stands there for a moment grinning. It鈥檚 as if he鈥檚 happy that I seem unphased by him. I am definitely not used to the reaction he is giving me. Joe鈥檚 reaction, now that was the typical reaction. But, this? What the hell is this?”
― J.B. McGee, Conspiring

“Maybe it was Cara's version of darkness that told me she was empty. She didn't believe in letting light in through cracks or streams, and I'm not sure she believed in letting it in at all. Cara was the empty feeling in my heart, the offness of the drumbeat in a funeral song. She didn't believe in letting the light in through cracks because she didn't believe in letting the light in at all.”
― Willa Valentine

“The man jumped and stared at the two little girls. "What are you doing here?" he demanded.
"We live here, in the caretaker's cabin," Rosetta answered. "Do you need help?"
"Do I need help?" he roared. "What do you think, you little snippet?"
"What's a snippet?" asked Bianca innocently.”
― Sarah Brazytis, Our Christmas Bear

“You wear poetry in your eyes.”
― Laraib Zakir, Chaos in Utter Silence

“There was a small commercial area a little further on, clustered around a crossroads where a huge latticework globe stood on a plinth of black baserock. Maps, some entire and others patchworked from islands or continents, none bigger than a child鈥檚 hand, were scattered thinly across its surface. The home map, Gea, was a squarish red tile close to the equator, smaller than most of the rest, and a silvery ball representing the Heartsun was spindled at the centre, and everything was spattered by the droppings of a fractious parliament of vivid green birds which had colonised the globe鈥檚 pole, chattering each to each and scolding passers-by.”
― Paul McAuley, War of the Maps

“The people around us seem to be dressed in every kind of clothing from every nation and era in human history. I see people dressed in modern military uniforms, animal skins, togas, tribal regalia, European and Japanese armor, robes, breeches, long dresses, short dresses, and suits. Some people wear not much clothing at all. It's as though we're on the back lot of a movie studio and actors from a hundred different exotic movies mingle together. But these people are real, not costumed performers.”
― John C. Maxwell, Wisdom from Women in the Bible: Giants of the Faith Speak into Our Lives

“Sometimes you can catch a whole worldview from a snippet of bar talk.”
― elspyth probyn