"If you go to google image search and type in your name followed by "the hedgehog" it's very likely you'll see things you can't unsee." -Zaric Zhakaron

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Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her.

She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss.

I can't believe you did it!" she exclaimed.

How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave?""Traded him for Alec," Clary said.

Isabelle looked mildly alarmed.

Not permanently?""No," said Jace.

Just for a few hours.

Unless I don't come back," he added thoughtfully.

In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec.

Think of it as a lease with an option to buy.

Isabelle looked dubious.

Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out.

That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired.

No, probably not.

City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare

"The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. " -Desiderius Erasmus

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Let me give you a piece of advice.

The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong.

Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare

Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe. Once you become an adult and you realize that's not true, it's too late. Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

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