“...the words I can't say are the holes I punch in the walls of my psyche...”
“I don’t punch walls, because walls don’t punch back. I also don’t punch things that can and do punch back. ”
“I’m going to punch words in your ear holes.”
“It doesn't matter if you and everyone else in the room are thinking it. You don't say the words. Words are weapons. They blast big bloody holes in the world. And words are bricks. Say something out loud and it starts turning solid. Say it loud enough and it becomes a wall you can't get through.”
“But the absence of him is everywhere I look. It's like a huge hole has been punched through my chest.”
“In theory, when yoou're done with training, you should be able ot kick a hole in a wall or eknock out a moose with a single punch.""I would never hit a moose," said Clary. "They're endangered.”