A parabatai. Like he was. And Jace knew, too, what that faded rune meant: a parabatai whose other half was dead. He felt his sympathy leap toward Brother Zachariah, as he imagined himself without Alec, with only that faded rune to remind him where once he had been bonded to someone who knew all the best and worst parts of his soul.

I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

I thought you two might be up against it. Benedict Lightwood’s parties have a reputation for danger. When I heard you were here—” “We’re well equipped to handle danger,” Tessa said. Magnus eyed her bosom openly. “I can see that,” he said. "Armed to the teeth, as it were.

Waiting for a special occasion to kill me? Christmas is coming.

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.

Jace, There is no wedding! Stop Isabelle! Sit on her if you have to. Just stop her from doing whatever she's doing or I can never come home. -Alec

Tatiana's eyes were huge and poison-green, eyes with enough pain in them to eat away at a world and devour a soul.