“If i had not been admitted to these studies it would not have been worth while to have been born.”

“And would it have been worth it, after all,Would it have been worth while,After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor - And this, and so much more? -”

“But without William K, I would have forgotten that I had not been born on this journey. That I had lived before this.”

“had my books been any worse I would not have been invited to Hollywood and if they had been any better I would not have come.”

“If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt I would have been greeted with acclaim.”

“Would it have been worth while,To have bitten off the matter with a smile,To have squeezed the universe into a ballTo roll it towards some overwhelming question”