He taught me there’s a place on a man’s back where, if you sink a blade in, you can pierce his heart and sever his spine, all at once,’ Sebastian had said. ‘I guess we...

But-” Maia, still looking at Alec and Magnus, broke off and rasied her eyebrows. Simon turned to see what she was looking at – and stared.Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him...

She could ask for anything, she thought dizzily, anything–an end to pain or world hunger or disease, or for peace on earth. But then again, perhaps these things weren’t in the power of angels to...

At last he reached out and with a gentle hand, closed Valentine’s eyes.”Ave atque vale, Shadowhunter,” he said.

You have something on your neck. What Looks like a bite mark, what were you doing out all night, anyway? Nothing. I went walking in the park. Tried to clear my head. And ran into...

He seems to like you. I saw him going for your hand out there like a squirrel diving for a peanut.

Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to in a state of shock, stood frozen. Several groups of people- Shadowhunters and Downworlders alike- were staring...

I am a man, and men do not drink pink drinks. Now, be gone, woman, and fetch me something brown.” Jace said. “Brown?” said Isabelle.”Yes. Brown. It’s a manly color. See? Alec is wearing it.”...

Simon snorted. “If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, you’ll have to let me know. I’d like to shake his hand. Or run away from him very fast, I’m not...

And maybe I am a monster. I don’t know the answer to that. But what I do know is that even if there’s demon blood inside me, there is human blood inside me as well....

She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn’t feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war.

Hodge had given up a long time ago trying to live a better life or a different one;all he wanted was not to be afraid, and so he was afraid all the time

Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;...

You don’t get it, Clary. You don’t understand what it’s like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it’s not your fault. It’s just how you were brought...

I am a man” he told her, “and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone woman, and bring me something brown.

As Luke knelt down beside his corpse, Clary couldn’t help but remember what he had said about having loved Valentine once, about having been his closest friend. Luke, she thought with a pang. Surely he...

Is this the part where you say if I hurt her, you’ll kill me?””No” Simon said, “If you hurt Clary she’s quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons.

You’re a disaster for us, Clary! You’re a mundane, you’ll always be one, you’ll never be a Shadowhunter! You don’t know how to think like we do, think about what’s best for everyone– all you...

No one could be that annoying without some kind of supernatural assistance.

Aline!” Isabelle looked appalled. “You can’t just go around asking people what it’s like to be a vampire.

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...

The Law is hard, but it is the Law.

I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there’s a life after that, I’ll love you then.

Clary, Despite everything, I can’t bear the thought of this ring being lost forever, any more then I can bear the thought of leaving you forever. And though I have no choice about the one,...

Just don’t kiss me again.

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....

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.