the less you had, the more careful you had to be about everything you did have.

“There were dozens of papers with complex numerical and alchemial figuring on th…”

“We're not dating," Alec said again."Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that frie…”

“Pain made you strong. Loss made you powerful.”

“In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was …”