The more that you travel the more you get the sense of the word as a larger place and the more you get a sense of the variety of history and mythology. And when you know about these things you can incorporate them into what I feel is a more rich and more large tapestry of fantasy.

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

So I lied to you last night. I said that I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you.

Simon watched a kelpie skip past, carrying a glass of blue fluid, and raised an eyebrow. “It’s not like Magnus’s party,” Isabelle reassured him. “Everything here ought to be safe to drink.” “Ought to be?” Aline look worried.

I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.

I’d rather have you in my life even as a brother than not at all—

Clary made fun of him about his new look; but, then, Clary found everything about Simon's love life borderline hilarious.