Were you ever actually going to leave New York, or were you just saying that to get her to finally make a move?” “Clary,” said Luke, “I am shocked that you would suggest such a thing.

Without him, [Nate] she was completely alone in the world. There was no one at all for her. No one in the world who cared whether she lived or died. Sometimes the horror of that thought threatened to overwhelm her and plunge her down into bottomless darkness.

Concerned about my safety, are you? -William Herondale.

Isabelle: Do you want some soup? Jace: No Isabelle: Do you think Hodge will want some soup? Jace: No one wants soup Simon: I want some soup! Jace: No, you don't. You just want to sleep with Isabelle

Clary: "Aren't they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time anyway?"

Well, you know, your mom gets like this sometimes," Simon said. "Like when she breathes in or out.

There were some memories, though, that never faded.