Let me say to you what I said once, in an entirely different context to Catherine the Great," Magnus declared. "My dear lady, you cannot afford me,and also, please leave that horse alone. Good night.

I need some beef and broccoli before I face any more Mr. Darcy. It's a truth universally acknowledged that if you watch too much television on am empty stomach, your head falls off." "If your head fall off, " Tessa said, "the hairdressing industry would go into an economic meltdown

When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze.

Magnus was sure that the llama stampede he witnessed was a coincidence. The llamas could not be judging him.

Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray

There was an electric anger in his gaze, and a sort of challenge that made Simon long to hit him with something heavy. Like a pickup truck.

Unless there was a reason for me to stay.