The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island.

Will suspected Jem was in fact cleverer than he was himself - but he lacked Will's tendency to assume the absolute worst about people and proceed from there.

I never said that. I just didn't correct you when you were, you know, wrong. Anyway, I just saved you from being burned to death, so I figure you're not allowed to be mad." -Jace

No wonder you and Jace like each other so much. You're both crazy walking arsenals.

If you love someone, you're not supposed to want them to come back. Better a peaceful sleep in the earth than the life of a zombie--not really dead but not really alive, either.

Love isn't a weakness.

Life could not be entirely devoted to debauchery and monkeys. Magnus had to finance all the drinking somehow.