All right. Are you going to come back? Do you want any soup?””No,” said Jace.”Do you think Hodge will want any soup?””No one wants any soup.””I want some soup,” Simon said.”No, you don’t,” said Jace....

Remember how before, I was talking about Dungeons and Dragons?Vividly, Jace said. It was a dark time.

Simon was still hoping that somewhere in the Sadowhunter manual was the secret of the Vulcan death grip. After all, as his instructors kept reminding them: All the stories are true.

Let’s face it. My career is now professional vampire.

I forgot that’s what gets you all hot and bothered, Jace, girls killing things.””I like anyone killing things, especially me.” he said with a smile.

The Queen gave him a look: special and secretive and shared between the two of them.You warned her about us, the look seemed to say.That we would hurt her, break her as you might break...

When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all it’s meaning.

Sed lex, dura lex

Tell me about mummies.Mummies exist. The Egyptians mummified people. Mummies that get up out of their cursed tombs and walk around do not exist.Do cursed tombs exist?No. Sometimes you get a tomb guarded by a...

I’ve got plenty.” Isabelle smiled, kicking her feet up so that her anklets jingled like Christmas bells. “These, for instance. The left one is gold, which is poisonous to demons, and the right one is...

She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her...

Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.

and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has....

And now,” Eric yelled into his mircophone, “we’re going to sing a new song-one we just wrote. This one’s for my girlfriend. We’ve been going out for three weeks, and, damn, our love is true....

Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. “I can’t believe you...

Jace’s eyes sparkled, but he said calmly, “Not at all. the Silent Brothers can help her retrieve her memories.””You hate the Silent Brothers,” protested Isabelle.”I don’t hate them,” said Jace candidly.”I’m afraid of them. It’s...

So–what’s it like, being a vampire?””Aline!” Isabelle looked appalled. “You can’t just go around asking people what’s it like to be a vampire!””I don’t see why,” Aline said. “He hasn’t been a vampire that long,...

No. Absolutely not.”Simon,’ she said. ‘It’s a perfectly fine plan.”The plan where you follow Jace and Sebastian off to some unknown dimensional pocket and we use these rings to communicate so those of us over...

And second, keep in mind that you are a weapon. In theory, when you’re done with training, you should be able to kick a hole in a wall or knock out a moose with a...

Keep up,” said an irritable voice in her ear. It was Jace, who had dropped back to walk beside her. “I don’t want to have to keep looking behind me to make sure nothing’s happened...

Just take the weapon you hold in your hand and drive it through his heart,” Valentine’s voice was soft. “One simple motion. Nothing you haven’t done before.”Jace met his father’s stare with a level gaze....

It’s like Dungeons and Dragons, but real.”Jace was looking at Simon as if he were some bizarre species of insect. “It’s like what?””It’s a game,” Clary explained. She felt vaguely embarrassed. “People pretend to be...

I know how you are with your words, and, Will- I love all of them. Every word you say. The silly ones, the mad ones, the beautiful ones, and the ones that are only for...

Do people ever climb the demon towers? Like, for any reason?” Aline looked up. “Climb the demon towers?” She laughed. “No, no one ever does that. It’s totally illegal, for one thing, and besides, why...

Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind.

Miss Collins. I have not yet had a chance to properly apologize to you, so let me take it now. Please forgive me for the trick I played on you with the scones. I did...

He felt he could not be honest without disappointing everybody he loved.

Honestly I don’t know why i have these parties””Because of your cat””That’s true. Chairman Meow deserves my every effort

Clary felt suddenly annoyed. “When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?””Exsanguinated,” said Jace, impressed. “That’s a big word.””And...

Is there some particular reason that you’re here?” …”Not this again.””Not what again?” said Clary.”Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house.” Simon pointed at Jace.

It’s my special magical power. I can read your mind when you’re thinking dirty thoughts.””So, ninety-five percent of the time.”She craned her head back to look up at him. “Ninety-five percent? What’s the other five...

You want a piece of all this fabulousness?” He gestured to himself. “Well, my best friend comes along with it. I wouldn’t cut you out of my life, Clary, any more than I would cut...

With the whole Mark of Cain thing, does that mean if I accidentally kick you during the night, I get kicked in the shins seven times by an invisible force?

Aren’t they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me, ANYWAY?””Yes,” he said, getting up and pulling her to her feet with him. “and I’m worried that if you get into the habit of...

He thought of his remembrance of Jordan, thought of how it hurt to even look at Isabelle and Clary. Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.

Being a rat? No. First it was disorienting. I was suddenly at ankle-level with everyone. I thought I’d drunk a shrinking potion, but I couldn’t figure out why I had this urge to chew used...

You never called me back,” he said. “I called you so many times and you never called me back.”Magnus looked at Alec as if he’d lost his mind. “Your city is under attack,” he said....

As for this,” Magnus said sliding the stele into Jace’s jeans pocket, “keep it in your pants, Shadowhunter.” – 219

Ma’am,” Magnus said, advancing. “I must counsel you not to exit the carriage while a demon-slaying is in progress.

Almost four hundred years is quite a lot to take even if you moisture regulary

You called me and said you were home and wanted to go out for a pizza.””I did? What time is it?””Time for pizza,” [Catarina] replied.

He tried to learn seductive phrases in all languages, but the only Swedish he had ever really needed was, “Do you serve anything aside from pickled fish?” and “If you wrap me in furs, I...

Have a little faith in my magic fingers

Can I help you with something?”Clary turned instant traitor against her gender. “Those girls on the other side of the car are staring at you.”Jace assumed an air of mellow gratification. “Of course they are,”...

Do not speak to Will in that manner.

You bit de Quincey,” he said. “You fool. He’s a vampire. You know what it means to bite a vampire.” “I had no choice,” said Will. “He was choking me.””I know,” Jem said. “But really,...

[…]”oh, dear,” said Tessa.”I have that effect on women,” Will said. “I probably should have warned you before you agreed to marry me.””I can still change my mind,” Tessa said sweetly.”Don’t you dare -,” He...

I like to talk to the horses at night. They make good company. And you should not be out and about in your nightgown. There are Lightwoods wandering these halls.

Nearly unable to bear the thought of how much he needed her quiet strength, he closed his eyes and leaned his forehead against the cold glass.

Will speechless for once, a glass of water frozen halfway to his lips