Never doubt my weaseling abilities, Shadowhunter, for they are epic and memorable in their scope.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

The Queen sniffed. "I rather miss your Jace," she said. "Of all of you, he was the prettiest and the best-mannered.

What if everything you believe is wrong and you could still be loved and still be forgiven?

And broken both your hearts? How would that have benefited me? You are as dear to me as another half of my soul, Jem. I could not be happy while you were unhappy. And Tessa—she loves you. What sort of awful monster would I be, delighting in causing the two people I love the most in the world agony simply that I might have the satisfaction of knowing that if Tessa could not be mine, she could not be anybody’s?

The best lies are based on the truth, at least in part

Jem is my greatest sin.