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We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice.

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There is the world you know, the world you have always known; and then you blink, and there is a place you never had any inkling of, and it spreads out across your eyescape. And then, most shockingly of all: there is the realization that these two pl...

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It's her ability as an artist to see possibility where others see a blank page and, by extension, to see victory where others see certain defeat that truly empowers her...

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Art is magic, and art is powerful. Art saves lives- I really believe that. It gives us courage and compassion we might not have on our own.

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Art is a kind of magic. Creativity is mysterious, even to artists, who might be able to name their inspiration but can't always explain how their influences and experiences came together to create this new thing- this painting, this story, this song....

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As an artist, her imagination isn't fettered by the constraints of reality.

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Everyone loves a kick-ass girl. (Well- maybe not her enemies, but you know what I mean.)

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The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

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One of the greatest tragedies of growing up is the discovery that your parents- and your teachers, and your sports heroes, and your favorite actors, singers, YouTube sensations- are fallible. Adults don't know all, and what they do know, they often w...

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Places, like people, are complex, and loving them isn't simple.

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Every city, every town, hides beneath a certain amount of glamour that- either intentionally or not- can misdirect the eye or hide something worth finding. Learning to see through those glamours is part of the process of calling any place home.

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But Clary's a hero at heart- and that means she'll find a way to be the hero she needs to be, to look beyond the skills she doesn't have and draw on the skills she does have to ultimately save the day.

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A fighter is someone who fights- with everything and anything she has at her disposal.

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You have to look at a thing long enough for it to really show itself to you...

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The beauty of fantasy is that it allows the protagonist to pass through fear to come to know this different reality and to find a place in it.

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There are a few things that even sarcasm can't protect you from.

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Not every girl can be Isabelle Lightwood or Katniss Everdeen. I think the true measure of a hero is what a person does with what they have, how hard they are willing to fight, and how far they are willing to go to set things right.

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Even places you know well can take on a touch of the unknown when you arrive there from a different direction.

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