The warlock's gaze, on the flames, was remote and distant, as if he were looking back into the past. Simon couldn't help but remember what Magnus had said to him once, about living forever: Someday you and I will be the only two left.

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten.

We are one now, little brother, you and I," Sebastian said. "We are one.

I don't care what you think. You're not my brother," Clary said. "You're a murderer." "I really don't see how those things cancel each other out," said Sebastian.

The weapons room looked exactly the way something called "the weapons room" sounded like it would look.

There were some memories, though, that never faded.