Say it,” she said. “Say it sober.””I love you,” he said.”I don’t want you to say it back unless you mean it, but I love you.”She leaned back over him, and pressed the pads of...

True. I’d always hoped that when I finally said ‘I love you’ to a girl, she’d say ‘I know’ back, like Leia did to Han in Return of the Jedi.

It’s not funny, Jace,” Alec interrupted, starting to his feet. “Are you just going to let her stand there and call me names?” “Yes,” Jace said kindly. “It’ll do you good– try to think of...

I am so screwed.

I belong to you. You could do anything you wanted with me and I would let you. You could ask anything of me and I’d break myself trying to make you happy.

Chairmen Meow deserves me every effort.

I just wanted to say that you don’t always have to be all right. I asked you to be my parabatai because I needed you, but you’re allowed to need me, too. This” – he...

People were intrinsically selfish, and many hated the idea of a woman in charge of the Institute. They would not put themselves at risk for her. Only a few weeks ago he would have said...

But, like love, fire didn’t last.

Perhaps not,” said Will, who had ears like a bat’s. “But I would make a radiant bride.

He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aware of Luke watching them from the window, but she shut her eyes resolutely and...

Tessa is gone, and every moment she is gone is a knife ripping me apart from the inside.

Trains are great dirty smoky things,” said Will. “You won’t like it.” Tessa was unmoved. “I won’t know if I like it until I try it, will I?” “I’ve never swum naked in the Thames...

Where’s Simon?” Clary interrupted.Isabelle wobbled. “He’s a rat,” she said darkly.Did he do something to you?” Alec was full of brotherly concern. “Did he touch you? If he tried anything-“No, Alec,” Isabelle said irritably. “Not...

Tessa: I won’t know if I like it until I try it, will I?”Will: “I’ve never swum naked in the Thames, but I know I wouldn’t like it.””But think how entertaining for sightseers,” said Tessa,...

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

If you’re texting Magnus to say ‘I think u r kewl’ I’m going to kill you

Words were weapons, his father had taught him that, and he’d wanted to hurt Clary more than he’d ever wanted to hurt any girl. In fact, he wasn’t sure he had ever wanted to hurt...

Sometimes,” Jem said, “our lives can change so fast that the change outpaces our minds and hearts. It’s those times, I think, when our lives have altered but we still long for the time before...

Clary curled up on the ground seeing in front of her not the shell of a destroyed town but the eyes of the brother and the sister that she would never have.

Trust. It is like placing a blade in someone’s hand and setting the very point to your heart.

You dated a vampire? A girl vampire?” (Simon)”It was a hundred and thirty years ago,” (Magnus)”I haven’t seen her since.” (Magnus)”Why didn’t you tell me?” (Alec)”Alexander, I’ve been alive for hundred of years. I’ve been...

You know,” Cecily said, “you really didn’t have to throw that man through the window.””He wasn’t a man,” Gabriel said, scowling. “He was an Unseelie Court faerie. One of the nasty ones.””Is that why you...

Certainly it would be wonderful if we all knew exactly who we were.

For a split second longer she stood motionless. Then, somehow, she had caught at the front of his shirt and pulled him toward her. His arms went around her, lifting her almost out of her...

The Law is hard, but it is the Law.

He’s not dead.

I love you Clary. More then I ever– God. More than i probably should. You know that, don’t you?

What were you dreaming about?””You.” He twisted a lock of her hair around his finger. “I always dream about you.””Oh, yeah? Because I thought you were having a nightmare.”He tipped his head back to look...

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.

He wants her in his bedroom. And not in that way — no girl has ever been in his bedroom that way. It is his private space, his sanctuary. But he wants Clary there. He...

I’m not going to do that.””of course you’re not.” Jace said. “because you live to torture me, don’t you?””Not everything, Jace, is about you.” Clary said furiously.”Possibly,” Jace said “But you have to admit that...

You’ve never seemed to really need anyone, Clary. You’ve always been so… contained. All you’ve ever needed is your pencils and your imaginary worlds. So many times I’ve had to say things six, seven times...

And when Jace was ten years old, Valentine killed him. Michael,I mean.””That sounds like something he would do,” said Luke. His tone was neutral, but there was something in his voice that made Clary look...

Magnus sighed. “Alexander, I’ve been alive for hundreds of years. I’ve been with men, been with women – with faeries and warlocks and vampires, and even a djinn or two.” He looked sideways at Maryse,...

Magnus snapped his fingers again, menacingly. “Get up.””Or you’ll be the next one to go up in smoke,” said Simon with relish.”There’s no need to clarify my finger snap. The implication was clear in the...

You serve a greater cause. Your life is not yours to throw away (Magnus Bane)

I would, at any rate, but then, I am well known to be remarkably shy.

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.

[Will Herondale] would say he knew a warlock who was a better friend, and more worth trusting, than many a nephilim warrior.

He carefully maintained the blasé air of one who had been here before and had been incredibly well dressed that time too

Is standing by the window muttering about blood something he does all the time?” asked Simon.”No,” Jace said. “Sometimes he sits on the couch and does it.

since you say there will be another life for me, let us both pray I do not make as colossal a mess of it as I have this one.

Will’s face turned grave. “Be careful with it, though. It’s six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it is punishable by death under the Law.”Tessa thrust the book...

He had lost Will Herondale. And he did not know if he could ever get him back.

Life was an uncertain thing.

Achilles was murdered with a poisonedarrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes; the Angel knows why anyone would want to be one.

You can’t mean there’s truly a Six-Fingered Nigel?

James, you are all the family I have. 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...

Here’s a hot tip: Most girls don’t like being stalked.