Was that Will?" she said finally. Henry arched one ginger eyebrow. "Perhaps he's been kidnapped and replaced by an automaton," he suggested. "It seems possible..." For once Charlotte could only find herself in agreement.

My favorite jacket is an emergency item. Much like myself, it is both snuggly and fashionable.

Alec muttered a retort into his coffee. It rhymed with something that sounded a lot more like "ducking glass mole.

If you do not help me," Tessa said to Jem, "I swear, I will change into you, and I will lift him myself. And then everyone here will see what you look like in a dress." She fixed him with a look. "Do you understand?

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Reparations,” said Jem very suddenly, setting down the pen he was holding. Will looked at him in puzzlement. “Is this a game? We just blurt out whatever word comes next to mind? In that case mine is ‘genuphobia’. It means an unreasonable fear of knees.” “What’s the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?” inquired Jessamine.

Why is it, little Shadowhunter, that your angels are so cold and without mercy? Why do they break that which will not obey them?