As dull as Nate Gray is," Will said, "his head is not actually filled with gears, Henry. He's a human.

Looking for an entirely reliable informant is like looking for a chaste mistress.

If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers?

Waiting for a special occasion to kill me? Christmas is coming.

The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish that he was my brother and you weren't." - Clary

She looked up from closing it to find Jace watching her through hooded eyes. “And one last thing,” he said. He reached over and pulled the sparking pins out of her hair, so that it fell in warm heavy curls down her neck. The sensation of hair tickling her bare skin was unfamiliar and oddly pleasant. “Much better,” he said, and she thought this time that maybe his voice was uneven too.

I like to listen to music that fits with what I'm writing. For each book, I've assembled a playlist, so readers can get a sense of what I was listening to while I was writing.