Herondales." Zachariah's voice was a breath, half laughter, half pain. "I had almost forgotten. No other family does so much for love, or feels so much guilt for it. Don't carry the weight of the world on you, Jace. It's too heavy for even a Herondale to bear.
I'm kind of jealous of the life I'm supposedly leading.
Maybe that's all that family really is, a group of people who all miss the same imaginary place.
As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea
You look disappointed to see me, Zach," Macey teased. "Don't you like my jacket?
The more one judges, the less one loves.
I loved you way before you ever had a chance to put a spell on me. I loved you at 'I've never been to Long Island,'" Zach said. I couldn't keep a big goofy grin from my face. I loved you at 'I like seals,'" I admitted. He grinned back.