Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission." "Well, there goes my plan for selling them all on eBay," Clary muttered. "Selling them on what?" Clary smiled blandly at him. "A mythical place of great magical power.

The great thing about writing for a younger audience is that they will give it to you straight with their responses. They'll tell you exactly what they liked and didn't like, and when they're enthusiastic, they're unashamedly enthusiastic. They'll talk to you about your characters as if they were real people, which is wonderful.

Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and consider—Oh, you have already run off Splendid.

I get the feeling you'd rather pine over someone you can never possibly be with than try being with someone you can.

We are not our parents, Gabriel. We do not have to carry the burden of their choices or their sins.

You want a round table meeting, we can have a round table meeting." "I love round tables," said Magnus brightly. "They suit me so much better than square.

What's an eBay?" "A mythical place of great magical power." - Jace Wayland and Clary Fray (City of Bones)