You know," Gabriel said, "there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will." "There was a time I thought I was a ferret," Will said, "but that turned out to be the opium haze. Did you know it had that effect? Because I didn't.

As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff?" "I was born amazing" Jace stroked her cheek with the tips of his fingertips, lightly but enough to make her shiver.

Will looked as if he were being asked to believe in something impossible—snow in summertime, a London winter without rain.

Chairmen Meow deserves me every effort.

It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim.

It's Will," she said. "He's being absolutely ridiculous in the dining room." Charlotte looked puzzled. "How is this different from him being totally ridiculous in the library or the weapons room or any of the other places he's usually ridiculous?