Why does it take girls so long to shower?” he demanded. “Mortal girls, Shadowhunters, female warlocks, you‘re all the same. I‘m not getting any younger waiting out here.” -Magnus to Clary, pg.272-

But I will never have a bride.

The young man who appeared at the mouth of the alley was pale in the lamplight—paler even than he usually was, which was quite pale indeed.

Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.

So much saintlike patience cannot be good for anyone.

Now that you know the truth, you can never go back.