You can’t just keep grabbing at me every time you see me. It’s not a substitute for actually talking.

Well, you know, your mom gets like this sometimes," Simon said. "Like when she breathes in or out.

What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there. "It's a girl," Jace said,recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

No." Magnus strode toward him. "I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else-someone, incidentally, who will never love you back. Not the way I do.

It was like the calm just as one engaged in battle, Will thought, when thought fled and inevitability took over.

How generous the universe could be, when he wanted to be!