Why is it, little Shadowhunter, that your angels are so cold and without mercy? Why do they break that which will not obey them?
We may not be all that bright, Jace said, but at least we are alive.
But it was Valentine. I saw him. In fact, he had the Sword with him when he came down to the cells and taunted me through the bars. It was like a bad movie, except he didn’t actually twirl his mustache. – Jace Wayland.
But the name Magnus Bane made him think of a towering sort of figure, with huge shoulders and formal purple warlock’s robes, calling down fire and lightning. Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.
When you love someone, you don’t have a choice. Love takes your choices away. – Clary Fray.
I don’t know why I had to fall in love with someone who’s more stubborn than I am.
Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.
Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.
I am not the one of us who has no heart.
Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.
Hotter than me? – Jace.
You have to give everyone ugly motives for everything they do, because ugly motives are all you understand.
Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.
Brown is a manly color.
Every teenager in the world feels like that, feels broken or out of place, different somehow, royalty mistakenly born into a family of peasants. The difference in your case is that it’s true.
At least Kyle wasn’t home. That would be a hard one to explain to his new roomate. Nobody liked a guy who kept blood in the fridge.
Yes, she’s bleeding to death upstairs, but I thought I’d avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out.
Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.
Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn’t seem like such a great prospect.
As long as we’re together, I’m ready for anything.