Balinski Beth Quotes & Sayings

Alec?" Magnus was staring at him. He had dispatched the remaining Iblis demons, and the square was empty but for the two of them. "Did you just- did you just save my life?"
Alec knew he ought to say something like, Of course, because I'm a Shadowhunter and that's what we do, or That's my job. Jace would have said something like that. Jace always knew the right thing to say. But the words that actually came out of Alec's mouth where quite different- and sounded petulant, even to his own ears. "You never called me back," he said. "I called you so many times and you never called me back."
Magnus looked at Alec as if he'd lost his mind. "Your city is under attack," he said. "The wards have broken, and the streets are full of demons. And you want to know why I haven't called you? — Cassandra Clare

It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another. — George Washington

Why don't people take the trouble to let you know that they are alive? It is so much more important. The whole system is wrong. No sooner do I die, than all the flowers I have ever longed for in life pour in. — Elizabeth Bibesco

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have. — Deborah Needleman

But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media. — Abu Bakar Bashir

I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important. — Jayne Anne Phillips

How awesome would that be? You open a box of Trix and wham! Out pops a hot guy! I would so eat more cereal. — Chelsea Fine

I find it an effort to keep up appearances. — Dusty Springfield

When you're one step ahead of the crowd you're a genius. When you're two steps ahead, you're a crackpot. — Shlomo Riskin

What comes to me always is a character, a scene, a moment. That's going to be the beginning. Then, as I write, I begin to perceive an ending. I begin to see a destination, although sometimes that changes. And then, of course, there's the whole middle section looming. — Lois Lowry