It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.

We were once getting married. And I have loved you all this time- a century and a half. -Jem

For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had taken to cross-dressing.

There is no one religion, no one truth and no myth lacks meaning

Anyone that looked like that wouldn't need to tie up girls and imprison them in order to get them to marry him

When I first arrived in London, I so quickly tired of being surrounded by so many people that it was only with great difficulty that I refrained from seizing the next unfortunate who crossed my path and committing violent acts upon their person.

Go to faeries for gossip about vampires, to werewolves for gossip about faeries, and do not gossip about werewolves, because they try to bite your face off: that was Magnus's motto.