And as for the Lightwoods," Simon said, "it's not that I like them that much. I mean, I like Isabelle, and I sort of like Alec and Jace, too. But there's this girl. And Jace is her brother." When Samuel replied, he sounded, for the first time genuinely amused. "Isn't there always a girl.

The past is nothing to [the young], not even another country as it is to the old, or even a nightmare as it is to the guilty.

You promise me, he said. That you love him. Enough to marry him and make him happy.

I’m from New Jersey. I was born in toxic sludge.

Clary," Jace said again. "You know: short, redheaded, bad temper.

Alec flushed. "I think it's more important for you to go than me. You're Valentine's son, I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you're charming." Jace glared at him. "Maybe not at the moment," Alec amended. "But you're usually charming. And faeries are very susceptible to charm." "Plus, if you stay here, I've got the whole first season of Gilligan's Island on DVD," Magnus said. "No one could turn that down," said Jace. He still wouldn't look at Clary.

When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze.