Gracious," said Cecily. "You must be Mr. Sallows." "Nephilim," observed the shop owner gloomily. "I detest Nephilim." "Hmph," said Cecily. "Charmed, I'm sure.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.

Beautiful. He'd called her beautiful. Nobody had ever called her that before, except her mother, which didn't count. Mothers were required to think you were beautiful.

We're not dating," Alec said again. "Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?

He remembered Simon warning him, with wryness, that Clary had the nuclear bomb of boyfriends.

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