“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”

“Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”

“Well, I’m not kissing the mundane,” said Jace. “I’d rather stay down here and rot.”
“Forever?” said Simon. “Forever’s an awfully long time.”
Jace raised his eyebrows. “I knew it,” he said. “You want to kiss me, don’t you?”

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”

“Here’s all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.”

“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that’s beautiful.”

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”

“Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.”