Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.

Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.

... love given without free will or truthfulness wasn't love at all.

You’re my sister,” he said finally. “My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you”—he laughed soundlessly and without any humor—“to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do.

It's my cologne. Eau de Recent Injury." (Jace)

Only Jace, Clary thought, could look cool in pajama bottoms and an old T-shirt, but he pulled it off, probably through sheer force of will. -pg. 329-

Why did he kiss you?" she said.