Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

Wait a second," Clary said. "I never understand why people say that," Luke said, to no one in particular. "I wasn't going anywhere.

Magnus, I wish I had the nerve to wear the kind of pants you do.

There must always be a first," said Jem. "It is not easy to be first, and it is not always rewarding, but it is important.

Going round and around inside a dryer can be fatal, whereas pasta is rarely fatal. Unless Isabelle makes it.

You have a dark heart in you, Valentine's daughter.

Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.