Picture this," said Magnus. "Me with a little monkey friend. I could teach him tricks. I could dress him in a cunning jacket. He could look just like me! But more monkey-shaped.

So you're trying to make her happy despite the fact that the reason she's unhappy in the first place is you," said Simon, not very kindly. "That seems contradictory, doesn't it?" "Love is a contradiction," said Jace.

Dear Isabelle, Alec is about to have a nervous breakdown. If you do not immediately desist planing my wedding to your brother, I will come back to Manhattan and blow up the Institute. I will turn Church into a man-eating beast who will rampage through the streets of Manhattan, stepping on mundanes. And I will make you fat. Love, Magnus

I was even a little glad that if it wasn’t going to be me she wanted, it was going to be someone who really deserved her.

It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.

Hotter than me? --Jace

Poor you, you have two cute girls vying for your love. Your life is hard.