Simon looked from one of them to the other, and shook his head. “ When did you two get so buddy-buddy? Last night it was all, ‘I’m the most elite warrior!’ ‘ No, I’m the most elite warrior!’ And today you’re playing Halo and giving each other props for good ideas.

His eyes softened. "But it doesn't change what we are to each other. It's like there's always been a piece of my soul missing, and it's inside you, Clary. I know I told you once that whether God exists or not, we're on our own. But when I'm with you, I'm not.

I love you, Tessa, and I have loved you, almost since the moment I met you.

Ouch,” Jace said in her ear, his tone indignant. “You elbowed me.” “Well, you landed on me.

And who are all these people? There weren't this many when I fell asleep." Alfie shrugged, indicating that the universe was mysterious and nothing would ever be fully understood.

You know," Clary said, "most psychologists agree that hostility is really just sublimated sexual attraction.

Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.