How can you not understand?" He pointed at her books. "You read novels. Obviously, I'm here to rescue you. Don't I look like Sir Galahad?" He raised his arms dramatically. "My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure---

Dear me. Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.

At the time I thought what I had with you and your mother was better than nothing. But if you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.

Black hair and blue eyes are my favorite combination.

Jace slammed his hand down on the stele. “Clary-“ “She said she doesn’t want it,” said Simon. “Ha-ha.” “Ha-ha?” Jace looked incredulous. “That’s your comeback?

If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.

It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim.