But you have to learn to bend a little," "Or you'll brake." -Clarissa Fray

And when I saw him[my father] lying dead in a pool of his own blood, I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, Clary, and there might be not. Either way, we're on our own.

I would rather insult you than lose you, he said, and before any of them could make a move to stop him, he cast both items into the fire.

Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "you're on fire. You do know that, don't you?

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

I have a feeling you're right, Sherwin.' 'Simon. My name is Simon.

Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me.