Remember when you fell out of that tree on the farm when you were ten, and broke your arm? Remember how he made them let him ride with you in the ambulance on the way to the hospital? He kicked and yelled till they gave in.โ โYou laughed,โ said Clary, remembering, โand my mom hit you in the shoulder.โ โIt was hard not to laugh. Determination like that in a 10-year-old is something to see. He was like a pit bull.โ โIf pit bulls wore glasses and were allergic to ragweed.โ -Luke and Clary talking about Simon, pg.211-
Cassandra ClareWeโre Nephilim. Every one of our lifeโs passages has some mystical component โ our births, our deaths, our, marriages, everything has a ceremony and a rune. There is one as well if you wish to become someoneโs parabatai. Itโs no small commitment.
Cassandra ClareAs dull as Nate Gray is," Will said, "his head is not actually filled with gears, Henry. He's a human.
Cassandra ClareHumans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile.
Cassandra Clare