Most Shadowhunters get their first Marks at twelve. It must have been in your blood.โ โMaybe. Although I doubt most Shadowhunters get a tattoo of Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on their left shoulder.โ Jace looked baffled. โYou wanted a turtle on your shoulder?โ -Jace & Clary, pg. 314-
Cassandra ClareSophie said to me once that she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face. This is your true self, Tessa. This power is who you are. Whoever loves you now--and you must also love yourself--will love the truth of you.
Cassandra ClareYou may have the worst timing since Napoleon decided the dead of winter was the right moment to invade Russia.
Cassandra ClareClary grinned. "A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of - " He waved a hand. "Faeries. I know." "I was going to say muggers," said Clary. "Though I pity the mugger who goes after you." "That is a wise attitude, and I commend you for it," said Jace, looking gratified.
Cassandra ClareIf youโre being punished,โ Clary said, โthen so am I. Because all those things you felt, I felt them too, but we canโtโwe have to stop feeling this way, because itโs our only chance.โ Jaceโs hands were tight at his sides. โOur only chance for what?โ โTo be together at all. Because otherwise we canโt ever be around each other, not even just in the same room, and I canโt stand that. Iโd rather have you in my life even as a brother than not at all
Cassandra Clare