I know about parabatai,” said Magnus, an angry, dark undercurrent to his voice. “I’ve known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that’s left —?

Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so they don’t have to, in a situation where telling them will change nothing.

You stole a boat,” she snapped. “What am I doing with you, you boat-stealing lunatic?

You snuck up on me,” she said. “I guess I’m not much of a Shadowhunter, huh?” Simon shrugged. “Well, in your defense, I do move with a silent, pantherlike grace.

Speaking of hope, did you see that shot Alec got off with his bow? That's my boyfriend.

That’s why girls have boyfriends. So you have someone to take you to boring functions.

The only one who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self.