Screw the Silent Brothers." "No thanks. There's strong and silent, and then there's just freaky." "Isabelle!

Jace whistled. "Raphael is really having an exceptionally bad night." -Jace, pg.283-

So, what are you?" "What I am is someone who doesn't want you to jump out of the window. The rest are details.

We came to see Jace. Is he alright?" "I don't know," Magnus said. "Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?

So, technically," Simon said, "even though Jace isn't actually related to you, you have kissed your brother.

A pair of werewolves occupied another booth. They were eating raw shanks of lamb and arguing about who would win in a fight: Dumbledore from Harry Potter books or Magnus Bane. "Dumbledore would totally win," said the first one. "He has the badass Killing Curse." The second lycanthrope made a trenchant point. "But Dumbledore isn't real." "I don't think Magnus Bane is real either," scoffed the first. "Have you ever met him?" "This is so weird," said Clary, slinking down in her seat. "Are you listening to them?" "No. It's rude to eavesdrop," said Jace.

I see you're trying to distract me from the real point here," Magnus said instead. "You had a birthday - a perfect excuse for me to throw one of my famous parties - and you didn't even tell me about it?