I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten.

Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --" "He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of daze. "He's my brother.

Actually," said Jace, "I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.

Admiring yourself?” The Inquisitor’s voice but through his reverie. “You wont look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you.” “You do seem obsessed with my looks.” Jace turned away from the mirror with some relief. “Could it be that all this is because you‘re attracted to me?

If the marriage were valid, she'd be your sister-in-law.

There are some mechanisms that are so—so broken that they cannot be repaired.

I think I gave Alec a complex about what kind of fighter he was, just because he wanted to live.