And you should not be out and about in your nightgown. There are Lightwoods wandering these halls.

She looked out then, through the crowd, and saw Simon with the Lightwoods, looking at her across the empty space that separated them. It was the same way that Jace had looked at her at the manor. It was the one thread that bound these two boys that she loved so much, she thought, their one commonality: They both believed in her even when she didn't believe in herself.

As it turned out, everyone wanted a doughnut. Jace wanted two.

For as is often the happenstance with that which is precious and lost, when you find him again, he may well not be quite as you left him.

Because viewing my naked chest has caused many women to seriously injure themselves stampeding to get to me.

Gideon Lightwood said he was at the Institute in Madrid. What on earth was he doing there?' 'Faffing about, most likely', said Will.

You think she is pretty?' Will was surprised; Jem rarely opined this sort of thing. 'Yes, and you do too.' 'I hadn't noticed, really.' 'Yes, you have, and I've noticed you noticing.