Lips. There was something strangely, delicately indelicate about the word, like a kiss itself.

She had no recollection, later, of having decided what to do next, or of having hunted for something to wear, but somehow she was hurrying down the stairs, dressed in shadowhunter gear, the letter in one hand and the chain with the ring clasped hastily around her throat.

there is an imbalance of power. It is an imbalance that is easy to exploit, but it is not a wise course. Where there is love, there is often also hate. They can exist side by side." - jace

The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish that he was my brother and you weren't." - Clary

There's nothing wild about me. I'm a solid middle-aged man." "Except that once a month you turn into a wolf and go tearing around slaughtering things," Clary said. "It could be worse," Luke said. "Men my age have been known to purchase expensive sports cars and sleep with supermodels.

The funny thing about mundies is how obsessed with magic they are for a bunch of people who don't even know what the word means.

There was a time I thought I was a ferret.