When somebody tells you there's something wrong with your book they're almost always right, when they tell you how to fix it they're almost always wrong.

Magnus, you were trying to flirt with your own plate." "I'm a very open-minded sort of fellow!

It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.

There was an electric anger in his gaze, and a sort of challenge that made Simon long to hit him with something heavy. Like a pickup truck.

Hiding here, are you? That’s awkward.” “Why?” “Because I had intended to hide here myself.” “You may hide here with me, if you wish.

To love something is to destroy it forever.

Mundane humans create distinctions between themselves, distinctions that seem ridiculous to any Shadowhunter. Their distinctions are based on race, religion, national identity, any of a dozen minor and irrelevant markers. ~ Valentine