All Lightwoods look the same to me.

Atque in pepetuum, frater, ave atque vale.Forever and ever, my brother, hail and farewell.

Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.

I need someone who can keep up with me, not some sickly creature that looks as if he’s doddering off to the grave.

Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out.No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?

If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers?

You made me want more than that. You showed me I was only ever cursed because I had chosen to believe myself so. You told me there was possibility, meaning. And now you would turn...

Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!

For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also.

I would rather insult you than lose you, he said, and before any of them could make a move to stop him, he cast both items into the fire.

There’s nothing you could have done that would cause me to cease loving either of you. Will is myself, my own soul, and if I am not to have the keeping of your heart, then...

The virtue of angels is that they cannot deteriorate; their flaw is that they cannot improve. Man’s flaw is that he can deteriorate; and his virtue is that he can improve.

I don’t suppose it would help if I told you that is the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.

I always loved you, Will, whatever you did. And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not have them....

I am not a certified idiot—” “Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence,” Will muttered.

One can love two children. But your heart can be given romantic love to only a single other, said Woolsey.

Of course you can have a true Shadowhunter name,” Will said. “You can have mine.”Tessa stared at him, all black and white against the black-and-white snow and stone. “Your name?”Will took a step toward her,...

Eres como yo. Dices las cosas que pienso pero nunca digo en voz alta. Lees los libros que leo. Amas la poesía que yo amo. Me haces reír con tus canciones ridículas y la forma...

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...

It was good to be here with Jem and Cecily an Charlotte, to be surrounded by their affection, but without her there would always be something missing, a Tessa-shaped part chiseled out of his heart...

What I do know is that if we are born again, I will meet you in another life, and if there is a river, you will wait on the shores for me to come to...

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...

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

La vida es un libro, y hay miles de páginas que no hemos leído todavía.

…In Paris she found Magnus, who was living in a garret apartment and paiting, an occupation for which he had no aptitude whatsoever. He let her sleep on a mattress by the window, and in...

Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.

Father . . . ,” Gabriel began. “Father is a worm.”Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against...

Henry’s breath hissed out through his teeth. That ba-bad man, he finished, with a quick glance at Cecily, who rolled her eyes.

Tessa had lain down beside him and slid her arm beneath his head, and put her head on his chest,listening to the ever-weakening beat of his heart. And in the shadows they’d whispered, reminding each...

Miss Cecily,” she gasped, and then her eyes went to Will. She clapped a hand over her mouth, turned, and bolted back into the house. “Oh, dear,” said Tessa. “I have that effect on women,”...

The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.

It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be unique. But I begin to think I was never meant for an easy road.

He wanted to run to her, wrap her in his arms. Protect her. But it was Jem’s place to do those things, not his. Not his.” -Will Herondale

It was like the calm just as one engaged in battle, Will thought, when thought fled and inevitability took over.

And perhaps for others that is so. But you and Will—you are not like two ordinary people, two people who might have been jealous of each other, or who would have imagined my love for...

I need to know you believe me when I say I love you. That is all.””I believe everything you say,” Tessa said with a smile, her hands creeping doen from his waist to his weapons...

Has no one respect for the classics these days?

—Jem es la mejor parte de mí. —Entonces, ,qué soy yo? —Eres mi debilidad. —Y Tessa es tu corazón.

She did not belong to Will-she was too much herself to belong to anyone, even Jem-but she belonged with them, and silently he cursed the Consul for not seeing it.

Few can claim a single angel who guards them. But you can.

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...

And you should not be out and about in your nightgown. There are Lightwoods wandering these halls.

Jem knotted his fingers in the material of Will’s sleeve. “You are my parabatai,” he said, “You said once I could ask anything of you.

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

Life was an uncertain thing.

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

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...

Wo men shi jie bai xiong di-we are more than brothers, Will.

Do not speak to Will in that manner.

I should be very insulted if you chose another,”she said, and leaned up to kiss himagain.