Do not regret too much the choices you have made in the past, Gabriel," she said, aware that she was using his Christian name, but not able to help it. "Only make the right ones in the future. We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves.
Cassandra ClareClary wondered how many boyfriends she'd turned into rats by accident. -Clary to Isabelle, pg.245-
Cassandra ClareIt made him feel indispensable and needed - even if the fact that Jocelyn didn't appear to care wheather he slept in her daughter's bed or not did underscore that Clary's mother apparently regarded him as about sexually threatening as a goldfish.
Cassandra ClareSometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be in shock.
Cassandra Clare