I get the feeling," Alec said, and smiled, "she hasn't forgiven me for betraying you, as she sees it." "Good girl," said Jace with appreciation. "I didn't betray you, idiot." "It's the thought that counts.

We are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

Were you hugging Clary?" He looked at Sebastian in amazement. Sebastian shrugged. "She's my sister. I'm pleased to see her." "You don't hug people," Jace said. "I ran out of time to bake a casserole.

He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it.

One does not greet the Queen of the Seelie Court with the barbarous human 'hello'.

Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.

"He picks up his dates in a van? No wonder he‘s such a hit with the ladies." - Jace about Simon