She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was... - Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince
"She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?"
"She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?"
"She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one."
"I've never minded it,"he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours."
"Trains are great dirty smoky things,"said Will. "You won't like it."Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?""I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it.""But think how entertaining for sightseers,"said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin."
"I thought... that we could at least talk about books."
"She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one."