Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?

He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it.

You could dress it up with a sequined headband,” Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. “Just a thought.” “Resist the urge, Alec.” Simon was sitting on the edge of a low wall with Maia beside him, though she appeared to be deep in conversation with Aline. “You’ll look like Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu.” “There are worse things,” Magnus observed.

You always find the right quote, or the right thing to say to make me believe you love me.

I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.

I think," Jace said, "that you don't want to tell your secrets, so you decided to break up with Alec because...

You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.