I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.

Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.

I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?" "A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus.

Sometimes.. Love just ain't enough- Luke Garroway to Clary

The only time people turned to watch her go by was when she hurtled past them as she fell.

Perhaps [James Herondale] loved vice for vice's own sake.

Jem always said that Will rushed toward the end of a mission rather than proceeding in a measured manner, and that one must look at the next step on the path ahead, rather than the destination in the distance, or one would never reach one’s goal. Will closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that Jem was right, but it was hard to remember, when the goal that he sought was the girl that he loved.