I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual," added Magnus. "Please never say those words in front of my parents," said Alec.

I like in books when we start the book and you really don't know how it's going to turn out.

Magnus didn't really want this kind of thing this early in the morning - this talk of aching memories and wanting to forget. This conversation needed to end, now.

Ouch,” Jace said in her ear, his tone indignant. “You elbowed me.” “Well, you landed on me.

One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.

Whenever I see interesting names, I jot them down. I've found them in lots of different places: on the news, in the phone book, even on hotel registry lists.

Wanderlust is not unheard of in our kind; it comes upon us now and then. When you can live forever, staying in one place can come to seem a dull prison after many, many years.