Some Laws were meant to be broken.

Because', she said, 'your problems are not real problems. You're dating two beautiful girls at once. Think about it. That's like...having rock-star problems.' 'Having rock-star problems may be the closest I ever get to being an actual rock star.

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked. She shook her head. He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart," he told her, and left.

Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable, Brother Zachariah to Clary Fray

It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.

Even more blood welled up and spilled down his arm, splattering onto the ground. “Camille’s carpet,” Magnus protested. “It’s blood,” said Will. “She ought to be thrilled.