Jace: "I guess we better move the trash. We can start with the Dumpster," looking unenthusiastic. Clary: "You'd rather face a ravening horde of demons, wouldn't you?" Jace: "At least they wouldn't be crawling with maggots. Well, not most of them, anyway. There was this one demon, once, that I tracked down to the sewers under Grand Central--" Clary: "Don't. I'm not really in the mood right now." Jace: "That's got to be the first time a girl's ever said that to me." Clary: "Stick with me and it won't be the last.

Were you ever actually going to leave New York, or were you just saying that to get her to finally make a move?” “Clary,” said Luke, “I am shocked that you would suggest such a thing.

If you insist on the chase then you'd better start running 'cause dude, you're in for a marathon

When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all it's meaning.

Clarissa," he said, "here with the vampire, I see. When things have settled a bit, we really must discuss you choice in pets.

Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.

Not everyone wants you all the time, Jace," he said. "Don't be ridiculous.