Alec looked merely irritated by this comment. "The only way you could raise enough money to hire Magnus by selling lemonade is if you put meth in it.

How'd you get Magnus to let Jace leave?" "Traded him for Alec," Clary said.

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

So you interrupted my date to make fun of me for still living with my parents. Couldn't you have done that on a night I didn't have a date? That's most nights, in case you're curious.

Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind.

To love is to destroy, to destroy is to love. -Jace Herondale

Suddenly reminded, she clapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh- Simon!" "No, I'm Jace," he said patiently. "Simon is the weaselly little one with the bad haircut and dismal fashion sense.