To destroy the enemy it can be necessary to understand him.

And next time you're planning to injure yourself to get me attention, just remember that a little sweet talk works wonders.

Magnus looked at her meditatively. 'I think,' he said, 'there isn't much that Jace wouldn't do for you, if you asked him.' Clary opened her mouth and then shut it again. She thought of the way Magnus had always seemed to know how Alec felt about Jace, how Simon felt about her. Her feelings for Jace must be written on her face even now, and Magnus was an expert reader. She glanced away.

Yes," said Will, "you two don't seem to have much in common, save for a penchant for demon women and evil.

Yech," said Simon. "Don't 'yech' me. You're the one with the magical spit.

No' is a magical word," he told her. "Here's how it goes. You say, 'Simon, I have an insane, suicidal plan. Would you like to help me carry it out?' And I say, "Why, no.

You can only push the truth down for so long, and then it bubbles back up.