„So you’re a Shadowhunter,’ Nate said. ‘De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.”Was that before or after he tried to eat you?’ Will inquired.“

— Cassandra Clare
„Were you thinking about eating me?” Will inquired.“No!”“No one would blame you,” said Jem. “He’s very annoying.“
— Cassandra Clare
„You bit de Quincey," he said. "You fool. He's a vampire. You know what it means to bite a vampire.""I had no choice," said Will. "He was choking me.""I know," Jem said. "But really, Will. Again?“
— Cassandra Clare
„‎You're not the same as you were before," he said. You were much more… muchier… you've lost your muchness.“
— Lewis Carroll
„What is it?' Stephanie whispered.'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.'She looked at Skulduggery. 'You don't know what it is, do you?''I told you what it is, it's a horrible monster. Now shut up before it comes over here and eats us.“
— Derek Landy
„Hearts are breakable," Isabelle said. "And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before".“
— Cassandra Clare
„Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.""I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider," said Simon.“
— Cassandra Clare
„"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best—" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.“
— A.A. Milne