It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense.

unfortunately, we're all out of bitter evange at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing

Are you in fashion? You look like you're in fashion." "No," [Magnus] said. "I am fashion.

Clary made fun of him about his new look; but, then, Clary found everything about Simon's love life borderline hilarious.

khalepa ta kala, greek. It means 'beauty is harsh'.

The great thing about writing for a younger audience is that they will give it to you straight with their responses. They'll tell you exactly what they liked and didn't like, and when they're enthusiastic, they're unashamedly enthusiastic. They'll talk to you about your characters as if they were real people, which is wonderful.

Most human subjugates are young,” said Will. “Vampires like to acquire their subjugates when they’re youthful—prettier to look at, and less chance of diseased blood. And they’ll live a bit longer, though not much.” He looked pleased with himself. “Most of the rest of the Enclave wouldn’t be able to pass convincingly as a handsome young human subjugate—” “Because the rest of us all are hideous, are we?” Jem inquired, looking amused.