Quotes of: Des-moines Keyword

I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.

Cinder

It was made out to be some kind of honor, giving your life for the good of humanity, but it was really just a reminder that cyborgs were not like everyone else.

Cinder

For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also.

Clockwork Princess

Gideon Lightwood said he was at the Institute in Madrid. What on earth was he doing there?' 'Faffing about, most likely', said Will.

Clockwork Prince

He wanted to run to her, wrap her in his arms. Protect her. But it was Jem’s place to do those things, not his. Not his.” -Will Herondale

Clockwork Princess

I don't suppose it would help if I told you that is the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.

Clockwork Princess

I need someone who can keep up with me, not some sickly creature that looks as if he’s doddering off to the grave.

Clockwork Princess

Henry's breath hissed out through his teeth. That ba-bad man, he finished, with a quick glance at Cecily, who rolled her eyes.

Clockwork Princess

My darling, you are indisposed! You must remain abed for the next eight months. Little Buford - " "I am NOT naming our child Buford...

Clockwork Prince

He had memorized the entire Qur'an and lectured on the nature of evil, which, like a shadow, cannot exist independently of the good silhouettes.

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?

Clockwork Prince

Eggs," said Henry dreamily, looking at his plate. "I do love eggs. I could eat them all day.

Clockwork Prince

We who are immortal, we are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

Clockwork Prince

She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency.

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

Clockwork Prince

A very magnanimous statement, Gideon,” said Magnus. “I’m Gabriel.” Magnus waved a hand. “All Lightwoods look the same to me.

Clockwork Princess

But all these were things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.

Clockwork Prince

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

Clockwork Prince

Ah,” said a voice from the doorway, “having your annual ‘everyone thinks Will is a lunatic’ meeting, are you? “It’s biannual,” said Jem. “And no, this is not that meeting.

Clockwork Prince

Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.

Clockwork Prince

When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.

Clockwork Prince