I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in...

I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to...

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a...

The heart was made to be broken

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony

Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your...

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator

Hope is the thing with feathers <br /> That perches in the soul <br /> And sings the tune without the words <br /> And never stops at all

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It...

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been

Not everything is about you," Clary said furiously.<br /> "Possibly," Jace said, "but you do have to admit that the majority of things are