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“Matthew, hopped up on a nearby occasional table said, 鈥淭he last time I saw you shocked was when that Iblis demon was sending Christopher love letters.鈥
鈥淚 have a dark charm,鈥 said Christopher sadly.”
― Chain of Gold
鈥淚 have a dark charm,鈥 said Christopher sadly.”
― Chain of Gold

“We are not here just to forget, but also to remember there are good and beautiful things in the world, always. And mistakes do not take them from us; nothing takes them from us. They are eternal.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“I should like to have a portrait in the attic,鈥 Matthew mused, 鈥渢丑补迟 would show all my sins, while I stayed young and beautiful.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold

“James eyed Matthew. 鈥淭homas,鈥 he said, in a low voice. 鈥淢aybe a healing rune?鈥
Thomas nodded and approached Matthew cautiously, as one might approach a stray cat on the street. Some time ago James had discovered that healing runes sobered Matthew up: not entirely, but enough.
鈥淧ush up your sleeve, then, there鈥檚 a good fellow,鈥 Thomas said, seating himself on the arm of Matthew鈥檚 chair. 鈥淟et鈥檚 wake you up and James can tell us whatever mad thing he has planned.鈥
鈥淚t seems somehow blasphemous to use Marks to rid oneself of the effects of alcohol,鈥 Matthew added, as Thomas put his stele away. The Mark in question gleamed, new-made, on Matthew鈥檚 wrist. He looked already more clear-eyed, and less as if he were about to fall asleep or be sick.
鈥淚鈥檝e seen you use your stele to part your hair,鈥 said James dryly, as he began to examine the window locks.
鈥淭he Angel gave me this hair,鈥 replied Matthew. 鈥淚t鈥檚 one of the Shadowhunters鈥 gifts. Like the Mortal Sword.鈥
鈥淣ow that is blasphemy,鈥 said Thomas.”
― Chain of Gold
Thomas nodded and approached Matthew cautiously, as one might approach a stray cat on the street. Some time ago James had discovered that healing runes sobered Matthew up: not entirely, but enough.
鈥淧ush up your sleeve, then, there鈥檚 a good fellow,鈥 Thomas said, seating himself on the arm of Matthew鈥檚 chair. 鈥淟et鈥檚 wake you up and James can tell us whatever mad thing he has planned.鈥
鈥淚t seems somehow blasphemous to use Marks to rid oneself of the effects of alcohol,鈥 Matthew added, as Thomas put his stele away. The Mark in question gleamed, new-made, on Matthew鈥檚 wrist. He looked already more clear-eyed, and less as if he were about to fall asleep or be sick.
鈥淚鈥檝e seen you use your stele to part your hair,鈥 said James dryly, as he began to examine the window locks.
鈥淭he Angel gave me this hair,鈥 replied Matthew. 鈥淚t鈥檚 one of the Shadowhunters鈥 gifts. Like the Mortal Sword.鈥
鈥淣ow that is blasphemy,鈥 said Thomas.”
― Chain of Gold

“It is the gifts we did not have the strength to ask for that matter the most.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“And yet,鈥 Magnus said, 鈥渄uring that year, they are man and wife.鈥
Matthew looked up, his green eyes flashing. 鈥淎nd during that year, I will do nothing. What kind of person do you think I am?”
― Chain of Gold
Matthew looked up, his green eyes flashing. 鈥淎nd during that year, I will do nothing. What kind of person do you think I am?”
― Chain of Gold

“Bless you, my Herondales," said Matthew grandly, scrambling up from the floor and making Lucie his bow. "I come upon an urgent errand. Tell me- be honest!- what do you think of my waistcoat?"
Lucie dimpled. "Devastating."
"What Lucie said," James agreed peacefully.
"Not fantastic?" Matthew asked. "Not positively stunning?"
"I suppose I am stunned," said James. "But am I positively stunned?”
― Ghosts of the Shadow Market
Lucie dimpled. "Devastating."
"What Lucie said," James agreed peacefully.
"Not fantastic?" Matthew asked. "Not positively stunning?"
"I suppose I am stunned," said James. "But am I positively stunned?”
― Ghosts of the Shadow Market

“I suppose I merely thought it would be enough for you to know. That you might 鈥 if anything were to happen to me, you would remember I loved you desperately. And if for some reason, at the end of the year, you and James divorced. I would have waited”
― Chain of Iron
― Chain of Iron

“Matthew glanced at him and smiled: it was The Smile, gradual and illuminating as sunrise, and James had the sinking feeling that he might not be immune after all.”
― Nothing but Shadows
― Nothing but Shadows

“I suppose it depends on your definition of love. Love that will give up nothing, love that one is willing to sacrifice for a more comfortable life, is not love, in my opinion. Love should come above all other things.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“My cousin Anna says the Shadow Market is tremendous fun,鈥 said Matthew happily. 鈥淥f course, you know Anna. She鈥檚 always tremendous fun herself and has the best taste in waistcoats in London. I met some very agreeable faeries who invited me, and I thought I would come see.”
― Cast Long Shadows
― Cast Long Shadows

“If it were not for you, my Daisy, I would have belonged to Belial long ago. For there is no one else in this world, my most beautiful, maddening, adorable wife, that I could ever have loved half as much as I have loved you. My heart beats for you," he said. "Only ever you.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“You have always believed love came at a cost," said Matthew. "That it was torment and torture and pain. But there should be some joy. There is joy in being with someone you love, even knowing you can never have them, even knowing they will never love you back.”
― Chain of Iron
― Chain of Iron

“You ought to be adored above all things, for you are wonderful. You ought to have someone's whole heart. But I do not have a whole heart to give you.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“I know. Math, it's not a question of being perfect. What you are trying to do is incredibly difficult. You may falter at times. But I do not believe a moment of weakness is failure. Not as long as you keep trying.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“Did you sleep in those clothes, Christopher? I know Aunt Cecily, Uncle Gabriel, and Cousin Anna would never let you inflict these horrors on the populace. What are those peculiar lavender stains upon your shirtfront? Did you set your sleeves on fire?鈥
Christopher regarded his sleeves as if he had never beheld them before. 鈥淎 bit,鈥 he said guiltily.
鈥淎h well,鈥 said Matthew. 鈥淎t least the purple stains match your eyes.”
― Cast Long Shadows
Christopher regarded his sleeves as if he had never beheld them before. 鈥淎 bit,鈥 he said guiltily.
鈥淎h well,鈥 said Matthew. 鈥淎t least the purple stains match your eyes.”
― Cast Long Shadows

“How much love people have denied themselves through the ages because they believed they did not deserve it. As if the waste of love is not hte grater tragedy.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“Matthew turned to Lucie, who was scribbling intently but who looked up as if sensing his glance and smiled. Matthew wondered how it would be, to be self-sufficient and welcome with it, like a house with sturdy walls and a beacon of light burning within.”
― Cast Long Shadows
― Cast Long Shadows

“I suppose that is for some absurd jest,鈥 said Charles Buford when he saw the spoon at breakfast. 鈥淚 wish you would grow up, Matthew.鈥
Matthew considered this, then stuck his tongue out at Charles. His puppy was not allowed in the breakfast parlor, because Charles Buford said Oscar was not hygienic.
鈥淚f you would simply make an effort to be sensible,鈥 said Charles.
鈥淚 shan鈥檛,鈥 said Matthew. 鈥淚 might sustain a strain from which I would never recover.”
― Cast Long Shadows
Matthew considered this, then stuck his tongue out at Charles. His puppy was not allowed in the breakfast parlor, because Charles Buford said Oscar was not hygienic.
鈥淚f you would simply make an effort to be sensible,鈥 said Charles.
鈥淚 shan鈥檛,鈥 said Matthew. 鈥淚 might sustain a strain from which I would never recover.”
― Cast Long Shadows

“Matthew sighed as he set the bottle on the mantel. 鈥淵ou know what they say,鈥 he said, as he and James left the room and began to wend their way back toward the party. 鈥淒rink, and you will sleep; sleep, and you will not sin; do not sin, and you will be saved; therefore, drink and be saved.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold

“I could never hate you, for all my hate is reserved for myself. I have none left for anyone else.”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“She has mastered being entirely open without revealing anything significant about herself to anyone... It's why she's a great shoulder to cry on.”
― Chain of Iron
― Chain of Iron

“It's just hard to know, when you have a secret ... will telling it bring healing? Or just more hurt? Isn't it selfish, to unburden myself just to relieve my own conscience?”
― Chain of Thorns
― Chain of Thorns

“I feel as if there鈥檚 a gnome inside my head, banging away at my skull with an axe. I ought to give him a name. Something nice and gnomish. Snorgoth the Skullcrusher.鈥
鈥淣ow,鈥 said James, 鈥渢丑补迟 was witty and charming. Think of Snorgoth. Think of him taking an axe to people you don鈥檛 like. The Inquisitor, for instance. Perhaps that can help you get through the party. Or鈥斺
鈥淲ho is Snortgoth?鈥 It was Eugenia, who had come up to them, her yellow cap askew on her dark hair. 鈥淣ever mind. I am not interested in your dull friends. Matthew, will you dance with me?鈥
鈥淓ugenia.鈥 Matthew looked at her with weary affection. 鈥淚 am not in a dancing mood.鈥
鈥淢补迟迟丑别飞.鈥 Eugenia looked woebegone. 鈥淧iers keeps stepping on my feet, and Augustus is lurking about as if he wants a waltz, which I just 肠补苍鈥檛 manage. One dance,鈥 she wheedled. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e an excellent dancer, and I鈥檇 like to have a bit of fun.鈥
Matthew looked long-suffering but allowed Eugenia to lead him out onto the floor.”
― Chain of Thorns
鈥淣ow,鈥 said James, 鈥渢丑补迟 was witty and charming. Think of Snorgoth. Think of him taking an axe to people you don鈥檛 like. The Inquisitor, for instance. Perhaps that can help you get through the party. Or鈥斺
鈥淲ho is Snortgoth?鈥 It was Eugenia, who had come up to them, her yellow cap askew on her dark hair. 鈥淣ever mind. I am not interested in your dull friends. Matthew, will you dance with me?鈥
鈥淓ugenia.鈥 Matthew looked at her with weary affection. 鈥淚 am not in a dancing mood.鈥
鈥淢补迟迟丑别飞.鈥 Eugenia looked woebegone. 鈥淧iers keeps stepping on my feet, and Augustus is lurking about as if he wants a waltz, which I just 肠补苍鈥檛 manage. One dance,鈥 she wheedled. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e an excellent dancer, and I鈥檇 like to have a bit of fun.鈥
Matthew looked long-suffering but allowed Eugenia to lead him out onto the floor.”
― Chain of Thorns

“I feel like I might be sick,鈥 he said.
鈥淭hat is what city pavement is for,鈥 said James unrepentantly, putting the stele back in his pocket. 鈥淎nd you鈥檙e already steadier on your feet.鈥
鈥淚 really do not know why people say you are the nicer one of the two of us,鈥 said Matthew. 鈥淚t is clearly untrue.鈥
Under other circumstances, James would have smiled. He almost smiled now, despite everything, at hearing Matthew sound like himself. 鈥淣o one says that. What they say is that I am the handsomer one.鈥
鈥淭hat,鈥 said Matthew, 鈥渋s also clearly untrue.鈥
鈥淎nd the better dancer.鈥
鈥淛ames, this terrible habit of lying seems to have come on you suddenly. I am concerned, very concerned.”
― Chain of Thorns
鈥淭hat is what city pavement is for,鈥 said James unrepentantly, putting the stele back in his pocket. 鈥淎nd you鈥檙e already steadier on your feet.鈥
鈥淚 really do not know why people say you are the nicer one of the two of us,鈥 said Matthew. 鈥淚t is clearly untrue.鈥
Under other circumstances, James would have smiled. He almost smiled now, despite everything, at hearing Matthew sound like himself. 鈥淣o one says that. What they say is that I am the handsomer one.鈥
鈥淭hat,鈥 said Matthew, 鈥渋s also clearly untrue.鈥
鈥淎nd the better dancer.鈥
鈥淛ames, this terrible habit of lying seems to have come on you suddenly. I am concerned, very concerned.”
― Chain of Thorns

“N茫o derrames por ele amargo pranto Nem entregues o cora莽茫o ao v茫o lamento 脡 apenas seu caix茫o neste recanto. Brilha ainda a gema que havia dentro”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold

“Anna laid a hand against his cheek. 鈥淢y Matthew,鈥 she said. 鈥淲hat is it you fear so much to tell your parents?鈥
Matthew closed his eyes, shaking his head. 鈥淚鈥擨 肠补苍鈥檛, Anna. I do not want you to despise me.鈥
鈥淚 would never despise you,鈥 Anna said. 鈥淲e are all flawed creatures. As diamonds are flawed, each distinct imperfection makes us unique.鈥
鈥淧erhaps I don鈥檛 wish to be unique,鈥 Matthew said. 鈥淧erhaps I wish only to be happy and ordinary.鈥
鈥淢atthew, darling, you are the least ordinary person I know鈥攂esides myself鈥攁nd that is part of what makes you happy. You are a peacock, not a duck.鈥
鈥淚 see you have inherited the Herondale hatred for ducks from your mother,鈥 said Matthew, with the faintest of smiles.”
― Chain of Thorns
Matthew closed his eyes, shaking his head. 鈥淚鈥擨 肠补苍鈥檛, Anna. I do not want you to despise me.鈥
鈥淚 would never despise you,鈥 Anna said. 鈥淲e are all flawed creatures. As diamonds are flawed, each distinct imperfection makes us unique.鈥
鈥淧erhaps I don鈥檛 wish to be unique,鈥 Matthew said. 鈥淧erhaps I wish only to be happy and ordinary.鈥
鈥淢atthew, darling, you are the least ordinary person I know鈥攂esides myself鈥攁nd that is part of what makes you happy. You are a peacock, not a duck.鈥
鈥淚 see you have inherited the Herondale hatred for ducks from your mother,鈥 said Matthew, with the faintest of smiles.”
― Chain of Thorns
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