You like the party?" "Is it in honor of anything?" "My cat's birthday. " "Oh. " She glanced around. "Where's your cat?" "I dont know. He ran away. " -Magnus & Clary, pg. 221-
--I lifted one foot from the brackish water, and the bunny slippers were soaked and drooped pathetically. Even the fangs seemed robbed of any charm. "Don't worry," I told it. "Someone will pay for your suffering. Heavily. With screaming. " I felt I should repeat it for the other slipper, in case there should be any bad feelings between the two. One should never create tension between ones's footwear. --POV is Myrnin, page 221
We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. (p. 221)
For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.