

“You see, cuckoos are parasites. They lay their eggs in other birds' nests. When the egg hatches, the baby cuckoo pushes the other baby birds out of the nest. The poor parent birds work themselves to death trying to find enough food to feed the enormous cuckoo child who has murdered their babies and taken their places."
"Enormous?" said Jace. "Did you just call me fat?"
"It was an analogy."
"I am not fat.”
― City of Ashes
"Enormous?" said Jace. "Did you just call me fat?"
"It was an analogy."
"I am not fat.”
― City of Ashes

“I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.”
― City of Ashes
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.”
― City of Ashes

“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?”
― City of Ashes
― City of Ashes

“Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you really are.”
― The Sacred Land
― The Sacred Land
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