Memories did one no good, not when one knew the truth in the present

Go to faeries for gossip about vampires, to werewolves for gossip about faeries, and do not gossip about werewolves, because they try to bite your face off: that was Magnus's motto.

Perhaps not," said Will, who had ears like a bat's. "But I would make a radiant bride.

Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.

It is a very strange thing, to be in love. It changes you.

Aline: "He's cute, for a Downworlder" Sebastian: "You'll have to forgive her; she has the face of an angel and the manners of a Moloch demon

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but it's the way you live your life that matters. And the people you know. Valentine was Hodge's friend, and I don't think Hodge really had anyone else in his life to challenge him or make him be a better person. If I'd had that life, I don't know how I would have turned out. But I didn't. I have my family. And I have you.