Jem--Jem is all the better part of myself. I would not expect you to understand. I owe him this." "Then what am I?" Cecily asked. Will exhaled, too exasperated to check himself. "You are my weakness." "And Tessa is your heart," she said, not angrily, but thoughtfully. "Not a fool, as I told you," she added at his startled expression. I know that you love her.

Because viewing my naked chest has caused many women to seriously injure themselves stampeding to get to me.

I have lost everything. Lost everything. Everything. - William Herondale

Will has always been the brighter burning star, the one to catch attention — but Jem is a steady flame, unwavering and honest. He could make you happy.

Is that why you didn't call me? Because I'm an idiot?

I thought of love as a game. It is not a game. It is more serious than death.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.