Maybe you just never knew what it was like to want something you couldn't have before

We're called Shadowhunters. At least, that's what we call ourselves. The Downworlders have less complimentary names for us.

Wallowing was for elephants, depressing people and depressing elephants

Sweet pea?'" Alec said. "I was just trying it out." Alec shook his head. "No." Magnus shrugged. "I'll keep at it.

The young man who appeared at the mouth of the alley was pale in the lamplight—paler even than he usually was, which was quite pale indeed.

Clary found herself wondering if the forsaken were edible.

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