Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.

"Well, at least you know it works this time," she said, getting on behind him. "If we crash into the parking lot of a Key Food, I'll kill you, you know that?" "Don't be ridiculous," said Jace. "There are no parking lots on the Upper East Side. Why drive when you can get your groceries delivered?"

You can keep it a secret.... But secrets have their own weight, and it can be a very heavy one.

You can tell me to stop any time you want, but you won't.

Why should I tell you everything about how I feel when you never tell me anything?

And indeed it was, the arrow still protruding from its wet, grayish skin, humping its body along with incredible speed. A flick of its tail caught the edge of a statue, sending it flying into the dry ornamental pool, where it shattered into dust. “By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles,” noted Will. “Has no one respect for the classics these days?

He's my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours.