Simon had never noticed before, but she wore a silver ring on her right hand, with a partner of flames around the band of it, and a carved L in the center. It reminded him of the ring Clary wore around her neck, with its design of stars. "It's the Lightwood family ring," she said, noticing where his gaze was fixed. "Every family has an emblem. Ours is fire.

One does not greet the Queen of the Seelie Court with the barbarous human 'hello'.

It was only recently that Isabelle had realized other girls weren’t just for envying, avoiding, or disliking.

Have you fallen in love with wrong person yet?

As Magnus turned to walk away from the church, he heard the sound of violin music carried to him on the cloudy London air, and remembered another night, a night of ghosts and snow and Christmas music, and Will standing on the steps of the Institute, watching Magnus as he went.

Perhaps," he said, "we should discuss our arrangements, then.

I have lost everything. Lost everything. Everything. - William Herondale