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

It was dark in the alcove, so dark that Jace was only an outline of shadows and gold. His body pinned Clary's to the wall. His hands slid down along her body and reached the end of her dress, drawing it up along her legs. "What are you doing?" She whispered. "Jace?" He looked at her. The peculiar light in the club turned his eyes an array of fractured colors. His smile was wicked. "You can tell me to stop whenever you want," he said. "But you won't.

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

Love did not overcome everything. Love did not always endure. All you had could be taken away, love could be the last thing you had, and then love could be taken too.

Don't sulk. For someone with all the grace and coordination of a pregnant wildebeest, you did great.

You have a dark heart in you, Valentine’s daughter,” he said. “You just won’t admit it. And if you want Jace, you had better accept it. Because he belongs to me now.

Magnus gazed upon Camille. "Some of my fondest memories include lashings of cream and beautiful women.