Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of my own life.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Traded him for Alec," Clary said. "Not permanently" "No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back. In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy." "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out." "That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not.

How can you tell? That I like books, I mean. The look on your face when you walked in, somehow I doubted you were that impressed by me.

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

Change is not always accomplished peacefully, but that does not make it disadventageous.

I was looking for the opposite, really -something that might put an end to being in love