Will looked as if he were being asked to believe in something impossible—snow in summertime, a London winter without rain.

Is that why you didn't call me? Because I'm an idiot?

You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.

Without him, [Nate] she was completely alone in the world. There was no one at all for her. No one in the world who cared whether she lived or died. Sometimes the horror of that thought threatened to overwhelm her and plunge her down into bottomless darkness.

Will you come with me? For I cannot wait to share the world with you, Jem. There is so much to see.

We are responsible for protecting Tessa!

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