Jem knotted his fingers in the material of Will's sleeve. "You are my parabatai," he said, "You said once I could ask anything of you.

One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.

I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.

If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.

I promise to charm the dickens out of him,' said Will, sitting up and readjusting his crushed hat. 'I shall charm him with such force that when I am done, he will be left lying limply on the ground, trying to remember his own name.' 'The man's eighty-nine', muttered Jem. 'He may well have the problem anyway.

Doing the right thing because you love someone sucks sometimes.

To be beautiful you had to be willowy and tall. When you were as short as Clary was, just over five feet, you were cute. Not pretty or beautiful, but cute.