He'd learned his lesson a long time ago: Even in the midst of heartbreak, you could still find yourself laughing.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

Gideon touched her cheek, lightly, with the tips of his fingers. “Did you know your name means ‘wisdom’? It was very well-given.

James had given his heart to this girl, Magnus thought, and Magnus knew well enough from Edmund and Will what it meant when a Herondale gave his heart away. It was not a gift that could be returned.

Love makes you a liar.

And you love Sophie." Gideon's mouth tensed. "She's a mundane and a servant," said Gabriel. "I don't know what you expect to come of it, Gideon." "Nothing," Gideon said roughly. "I expect nothing. But the fact that you believe I should shows that our family brought us up to believe that we should do right only if some reward was the result.

Looking for an entirely reliable informant is like looking for a chaste mistress.