We seemed to be trapped in an episode of One Life To Waste. It's all very dull.

And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working.

You are in love and you think that is all there is in the world. But the world is bigger than you, Will, and may have need of you. You are a Shadowhunter. You serve a greater cause. Your life is not yours to throw away.

Unrequited love is a ridiculous state, and it makes those in it behave ridiculously.

He began it,” Cecily said, jerking her chin at Will, though she knew it was pointless. Jem, Will’s parabatai, treated her with the distant sweet kindness reserved for the little sisters of one’s friends, but he would always side with Will. Kindly, but firmly, he put Will above everything else in the world. Well, nearly everything.

You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.

Love didn't make you weak, it made you stronger.