„He wants only the simple things: a chair,someone to pull off his shoes, someone to watch himwhile he talks, with admiration and fear, gratitude ifpossible, someone in whom to plunge himself for restand renewal. These things can best be had by marryinga woman who has been condemned to death by othermen for wishing to be beautiful. There is a widechoice.“

— Margaret Atwood

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„He was not condemned to death, freedom awaitedhim. What was the temptation, the one that worked?Perhaps he wanted to live with a woman whose lifehe had saved, who had seen down into the earth buthad nevertheless followed him back up to life. It washis only chance to be a hero, to one person at least,for if he became the hangman the others woulddespise him. He was in prison for wounding anotherman, on one finger of the right hand, with a sword.This too is history.“
— Margaret Atwood
„Magnus, remember what happened the last time you tried to tango. Your shoe flew off and nearly killed someone.""It was a metaphor. He's a Shadowhunter, he's a Lightwood, and he's into blonds. He's a dating hazard.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Sometimes I think there’s no such thing as falling in love. It’s just the fear of losing someone.“
— Jodi Picoult