We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves

I can see why you like it here, there's a thin layer of nerd all over everything.

Oh, good. You're starting to talk about yourself in the third person. That's not a sign of impending megalomania or anything.

You're the first Shadowhunter I've ever met." “That’s too bad,” said Jace, “since all the others you meet from now on will be a terrible letdown.

Far below ran the silver ribbon of the East River, braceleted by shining bridges, flecked by boats as small as flyspecks, splitting the shining banks of light that were Manhattan and Brooklyn on either side.

He broke up with me." "Because you weren't in love with him. That's an iffy proposition, and I think he's handling with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box." "No one has a boom box anymore. That was the eighties.

Every heart has its own melody.