The first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.

You're sitting on my bed," he said. "Did yo think I was under it?

Clary grinned at Luke. “So you’re not moving to Idris, I take it?” “Nah,” he said. He looked as happy as she’d ever seen him. “The pizza here is terrible.

You cannot reduce the situation to worm jokes, Will. This is Gabriel and Gideon’s father we’re discussing.” “We’re not just discussing him; we’re chasing him through an ornamental sculpture garden because he’s turned into a worm.

Kill me, little sister. Kill me and you kill Jace, too.

I don't think I ever intended specifically to write for the young adult market. It's just that when the idea for City of Bones came to me, I knew the main characters were teenagers. In my mind they were just very clearly the ages they were, which turned out to mean it was a YA novel.

I’m from New Jersey. I was born in toxic sludge.