#tru

Take off your shirt." Jace raised his eyebrows. "I'm not going to attack you," she said impatiently. "I can take the sight of your naked chest without swooning." "Are you sure?" he asked, obediently sliding the shirt off his shoulders. "Because viewing my naked chest has caused many women to seriously injure themselves stampeding to get to me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-lost-souls #clary-fray #funny #humor #jace-lightwood

Church was doing what he often did when dropped - lying on his back with all four legs in the air, pretending to be dead in order to induce guilt in his owners. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#cat #church #city-of-lost-souls #humor #pretence

the [coat] rack above his head like a javelin. On the other side of the door was Jace. He blinked. "Is that a coatrack?" Jordan slammed the coatrack down on the ground and sighed. "If you'd been a vampire, this would have been a lot more useful." "Yes," said Jace. "Or, you know, just someone with a lot of coats. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace #mortal-instruments #sarcasm #humor

I'm the warlock who's here to cure you. Didn't they tell you I was coming?" "I know who you are, but..." Maia looked dazed. "You look so...so...shiny. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-bane #maia #mortal-instruments #humor

All Dogs Go To Heaven? Sorry, kids. It's only the dogs who've accepted Christ. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#truth #humor

Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#philosophy #truth #humor

That which we love will be all to destroy us. ↗

— Jake Wilson

#love #love

I take it that's where you met Todd.' 'Yep. Almost five years ago. Can you believe it?' 'Five years! You and Todd should be the poster couple for the 'Love Waits' campaign.' Christy laughed. 'It didn't seem that long. A lot has happened during those five years. But I do agree that true love is worth the wait. I'd wait another five years for Todd if I had to. He's the only man for me. Ever. ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#love #robin-jones-gunn #sierra-jensen #todd #true

Maggie squeezes my hand. It’s a silent message that everything will be okay. Somehow I believe her. In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#love #okay #trust #love

Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love. ↗

— John R.W. Stott

#grace #love #truth #love