Magnus raised his hands above his head and clapped once. The room flooded with light. "You see? You think that would be possible without magic? "Actually," replied Simon, "It is. If you watched infomercials you'd know that.

Where did you get that?" Jace looked down and saw that the spider demon's poison had eaten a hole in his shirt, leaving a good deal of his left shoulder bare. "The shirt? At Macy's Winter sale.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

Well I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death.

Love is a contradiction.

Dreams can be dangerous things.

One must look at the next step on the path ahead, rather than the mountain in the distance, or one would never reach one's goal.