Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn’t make it a rubber duck, does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides they want to take a bath with the duckie....

Basia coquum,” Simon said. “Or whatever their motto is.””It’s ‘Descensus Averno facilis est.’ ‘The descent into hell is easy,” said Alec. “You just said “Kiss the cook.””Dammit,” said Simon. “I knew Jace was screwing with...

molesting the vampire while he’s too weak to fight back, iz? jace asked. i’m pretty sure that violates at least one of the accords.

Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated.

You’re my sister,” he said finally. “My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you”—he laughed soundlessly without any humor—”to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with...

The cord pulled taut and she rebounded, flying back up before falling again. As her velocity slowed, she opened her eyes and found herself dangling at the end of the cord, about five feet above...

I would die for you. You know that. I would die without you. If it were not for you, I would be dead a hundred times over these past five years.

I was everything I was ever asked to be, and as my reward my life was burned to ash. Do not speak to me of easing my pain. My pain is all I have left....

Who knows your courage better than I?

But Jocelyn Morgenstern was not the kind of woman who wept, not the kind of woman who broke, or Valentine would have broken her long since.

I paid a lot of money once to find it out,” Raphael said.

You know men. We have delicate egos.””I wouldn’t describe Jace’s ego as delicate.””No, Jace is sort of the antiaircraft artillery tank of male egos,” Simon admitted.

Come back to me, Tessa. Henry said that perhaps, since you had touched the soul of an angel, that you dream of Heaven now, of fields of angels and flowers of fire. Perhaps you are...

We’re not dating,” Alec said again.”Oh?” Magnus said. “So you’re just that friendly with everybody, is that it?

because Magnus would have turned me into a hat rack.

I know it’s wrong – God, it’s all kinds of wrong – but I just want to lie down with you and wake up with you, just once, just once ever in my life.

But that’s not what you said when she walked into the room,” said Simon quietly. “You said, ‘Why didn’t you ever tell me I had a brother?'””I know.” Clary yanked a blade of grass out...

If I made a joke about just dropping by, would you write me off as cliché?

I love you; I love you and I don’t care that you’re my sister; don’t be with him, don’t want him, don’t go with him. Be with me. Want me. Stay with me.I don’t know...

As long as we’re together, I’m ready for anything.

And spare me the jokes about scoring.””Dammit, woman, you read my mind,” he said. “Is there no filthy wordplay you can’t forsee?””It’s my special magical power. I can read your mind when you’re thinking dirty...

Svijet je plivao u suznoj mrlji ispred nje.

They both believed in her even when she didn’t believe in herself.

Does she still love you?””I don’t think so,” Magnus said dryly. “She wasn’t very pleasant the last time I saw her. Of course, that could be because I’ve got an eighteen year-old boyfriend with a...

You are not trivial.

Surely the Shadowhunter community must honor you and hold you in high esteem as a gentleman who has truly advanced their race. No, Henry said sadly. Mostly they wish that I would stop suggesting new...

Alec is not a bunny rabbit. He’s a shadowhunter.

You cannot save every fallen bird,” said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. “Even the handsome ones.” “One will do,” said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight,...

One can give up many things for love, but one should not give up oneself.

Magnus was sure that the llama stampede he witnessed was a coincidence. The llamas could not be judging him.

Don’t order any of the faerie food,” said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. “It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you’re munching a faerie plum, the next...

Tess, Tess, Tessa. Was there ever a more beautiful sound than your name? To speak it aloud makes my heart ring like a bell. Strange to imagine that, isn’t it – a heart ringing –...

With God on your side, what does luck matter?

I’ll wake Cyril. And be prepared to swoon at my finery.

Don’t you know it?

Through many waters borne, brother, I am come to thy sad grave, that I may give these last gifts to the dead. Forever and ever, brother, hail. Forever and ever, farewell.

He speaks of you only with the greatest pride, Will

That the wall is coming down.

I’m glad to be classed with the criminal element.

You don’t need to worry, though. He’s not my type.””I don’t think I’ve ever heard a girl say that before,” said Simon. “I thought Jace was the kind of guy who was everyone’s type.

This time he was dreaming of a VIP room backstage at the club, filled with champagne and coffee, a gaggle of groupies trying to break down the door so that – in the dream, Simon...

Isabelle!” Simon called.”Stop throwing clothes at me! Just because you’re a Shadowhunter and I’m a vampire doesn’t mean we can never happen. Our love is forbidden like the love of a shark and a –...

It was strange to become a vampire ,to be presented with what could only be described as an eternal life, and then to die anyway when you’re sixteen.

Romanian? That’s impressive,” said Jace. “Not many people speak it.””Do you?” Sebastian asked with interest. “Not really,” Jace said with a smile so disarming Simon knew he was lying. “My Romanian is pretty much limited...

Are we ever going to get any coffee?” he said aloud, interrupting Alec midsentence. Alec subsided, his energy fading.

I don’t deserve either her love or this illness. That’s a stupid thing though. Things happen whether you deserve them or not.

I played it for my bride, and one day you will play for yours.

Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.

There are more important things than being careful

It was Will who broke the silence. “Very well. You have me alone in the corrider-“”Yes, yes,” said Tessa impatiently,”and thousands of women all over England would pay handsomely for the privilege of such an...