A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye," he said. "It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.

Books will always be there for you.

Some Laws were meant to be broken.

There is no cure for fictional character love, but the plus side is that it is an entirely benign disease with no bad side effects.

Do you think…" He raised his eyebrows. "Do I think what?" "That Valentine might have drowned?" "Never believe the bad guy is dead until you see a body," said Simon. "That just leads to unhappiness and surprise ambushes.

Is this the part where you say if I hurt her, you'll kill me?" "No" Simon said, "If you hurt Clary she's quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons.

How they loved each other, these three, how they had suffered for each another, and yet how much joy they clearly took from simply being in the same room.