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

Ah,” said a voice from the doorway, “having your annual ‘everyone thinks Will is a lunatic’ meeting, are you? “It’s biannual,” said Jem. “And no, this is not that meeting.

You're a public menace. You shouldn't be allowed out on your own.

You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.

My favorite jacket is an emergency item. Much like myself, it is both snuggly and fashionable.

And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.

Simon I've been trying to call you, but it seems like your phone is turned off. I don't know where you are right now. I don't know if Clary's already told you what happened tonight. But I have to go to Magnus's and I'd really like you to be there. I'm scared for my brother. I never ask you for anything, Simon, but I'm asking you now. Please come. Isabelle. Simon let the letter fall from his hand. He was out of the apartment and on his way down the steps before it had even hit the floor.