Woolsey bites on occasion

Moreover, I wish to assure you both that I did not make any amorous advances on female monkeys.

It's too late," she said. "Don't say that." His voice was half a whisper. "I love you, Tessa. I love you.

But the rest of Jace’s mind is watching the door slam behind her and seeing the final ruin of all his dreams. It was one thing to push it to this point. It is another to let go forever. Because he knows Clary, and if she goes now, she will not ever come back.

Have you heard that modesty is an attractive traits? Only to ugly people

He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and Isabelle had disappeared. "Keep in mind that when your mother fled from the Shadow World, it wasn't the monsters she was hiding from. Not the warlocks, the wolf-men, the Fair Folk, not even the demons themselves. It was them. It was the Shadowhunters.

I think he’s handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box.