You tried to drink the East River,"Magnus said, and Alec saw, as if for the first time, that Magnus's clothes were soaking wet too, sticking to his body like a dark second skin.

Her throat ached: adoration, heartbreak, in equal measure. “Kiss me,” she said. “Please.

And then you'd turn to me and smile that funny smile, and I know you'd forgotten all about me and just remembered -- but I was never mad at you. Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.

You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.

As far as I’m concerned, this is the worst thing that’s happened since I found out why Magnus was banned from Peru.

I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.

I need some beef and broccoli before I face any more Mr. Darcy. It's a truth universally acknowledged that if you watch too much television on am empty stomach, your head falls off." "If your head fall off, " Tessa said, "the hairdressing industry would go into an economic meltdown