City of Fallen Angels ended on a cliffhanger. That was equally loved and hated by my readership.

Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec flushed. "If you say so," he said. "I say so," said Magnus, and he turned to follow Isabelle out of the room.

I am catastrophically in love with you.

To love is to destroy, to destroy is to love. -Jace Herondale

"What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet?"

You love each other – anyone can see that, looking at you – that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory.

We live forever by the grace of human love, which rocked strange children in their cradles and did not despair and did not turn away.