Having rock-star problems may be the closest I ever get to being an actual rock star.

Jace, There is no wedding! Stop Isabelle! Sit on her if you have to. Just stop her from doing whatever she's doing or I can never come home. -Alec

I shall charm him with such force that when I am done, he will be left lying limply on the ground, trying to remember his own name.

Behind her, Jace moved out into the water with a contained grace that barely rippled the surface. Simon behind him, was splashing and cursing.

There was a time I thought I was a ferret.

It is a far greater thing that I do now, than I've ever done before.

I like that stick of yours," he said. "It's a staff." Jem swung out to knock another automaton sideways. "Made by the Iron Sisters, only for Silent Brothers." [...] "Anyone can sharpen a stick." "It's a staff," Jem repeated, and saw Will's quicksilver smile out of the corner of his eye.