I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-" "He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said.

Love is a contradiction.

Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests.

Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.

If I’d just listened—just taken one second to listen—it wouldn’t have happened

He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.

I am, in the end, what you made me.