Maybe he's lonely. Sebastian can't be the greatest company." "We don't know that. He could be absolutely fantastic at Scrabble," said Magnus.

Magnus, I wish I had the nerve to wear the kind of pants you do.

There is more to someone being lovable than the way they look.

You told us to leave you in the desert, because you planned to start a new life as cactus," Catarina said, her voice flat. "Then you conjured up tiny needles and threw them at us. With pinpoint accuracy.

nothing says 'I love you' like reducing yourself to a smoldering pile of ashes

You're my brother." "Those words don't mean anything where we're concerned. We aren't human. Their rules don't apply to us. Stupid laws about what DNA can be mixed with what. Hypocritical, really, considering. We're already experiments.

Clary," Jace said again. "You know: short, redheaded, bad temper.