When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.

Perhaps not," said Will, who had ears like a bat's. "But I would make a radiant bride.

Magnus did not take such suffering lightly, but even mortals did not die of broken hearts. No matter how cruel Grace had been, he told himself, James would heal. Even though he was a Herondale.

You could say anything you wanted to someone you thought you were never going to see again.

It's always better to live the truth than to live a lie.

Change is not always accomplished peacefully, but that does not make it disadventageous.

He closed his eyes. “I’m so tired, Tess,” he said. “I only wanted pleasant dreams for once.” “That is not the way to get them, Will,” she said softly. “You cannot buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.