Hey," said Jace. who was sitting on an overturned speaker, looking at his cellphone, "do you want to see a photo of Alec and Magnus in Berlin?" "Not really," said Simon. "Magnus is wearing lederhosen." "And yet, still no.

Is he dead?" he inquired. "He looks dead." "No," snapped Maryse. "He's not dead." "Have you checked? I could kick him if you want.

He felt his heart, which no longer beat, contract, and he wondered if there was anything in the world as painful as not being able to protect the people you loved.

aren't you, uh... reproducing? "sure, we love reproducing it's one of our favorite things.

Jace whistled. "Raphael is really having an exceptionally bad night." -Jace, pg.283-

He didn't know what books meant to her, that books were symbols of truth and meaning.

When you love someone, you don't have a choice. Love takes your choices away. - Clary Fray