It is a very strange thing, to be in love. It changes you.

Books are for reading, not for turning oneself into livestock.

You're my brother." "Those words don't mean anything where we're concerned. We aren't human. Their rules don't apply to us. Stupid laws about what DNA can be mixed with what. Hypocritical, really, considering. We're already experiments.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. - Jace

You're staring at me," Simon said. "Why are you staring at me? Have I got something on my face?

Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of faith in his eyes, his belief in her. He had always thought she was strong. He had showed it in everything he did, in every look and every touch. Simon had faith in her too, yet when he'd held her, it had been as if she were something fragile, something made of delicate glass. But Jace had held her with all the strength he had, never wondering if she could take it--he'd known she was as strong has he was.