Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and consider—Oh, you have already run off Splendid.

There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him.

Sometimes you don't have to search out danger, sometimes danger finds you

The only way you would have failed," she said, "is if you had.

But Magnus, he thought. You never told me. Never warned me it would be like this, that I would wake up one day and realize that I was going somewhere you couldn't follow. That we are essentially not the same. There's no "till death do us apart" for those who never die.

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.

Jace,” she said. “Why are you doing this to me?” “Because you’re lying to me. And you’re lying to yourself.” Jace’s eyes were blazing, and even though his hands were stuffed into his pockets, she could see that they were knotted into fists.