try me on any day that doesn't end in y - Jace

Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.

Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.

A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye," he said. "It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.

Hello?" Isabelle called from the other side. "Simon, is your diva moment over? I need to talk to Jace.

I feel myself dissolving, vanishing into nothingness, for if there is no one in the world who cares for you, do you really exist at all?

Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec's. A girl with long brown curls and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants.