Clary wondered how many boyfriends she'd turned into rats by accident. -Clary to Isabelle, pg.245-

But that was Isabelle — if there was a boy around and blame that needed to be pinned on someone, Isabelle would pin it on him

With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname.

My Romanian is pretty much limited to useful phrases like, 'Are these snakes poisonous?' and 'But you look much too young to be a police officer.

What do you think it would have been like if Valentine had brought you up along with me? Would you have loved me?" Clary was very glad she had put her cup down, because if she hadn't, she would have dropped it. Sebastian was looking at her not with any shyness or the sort of natural awkwardness that might be attendant on such a bizarre question, but as if she were a curious, foreign life-form. "Well," she said. "You're my brother. I would have loved you. I would have...had to.

Jace, Clary thought, was the sort of person who liked it when things were happening, even things that were bad

Hmph," she said. "I'd like to see you learn how to manage sitting and standing up straight in stays and petticoats and a dress with a foot's worth of train!" "So would I," said Gideon from across the room.