Will closed his eyes. He could not hear Jem go, not anymore; he did not want to know the moment when he left and Will was alone, did now want to know when his first...

Always when Will did something to protect Tessa, Jem thought it was for his sake, not for Will’s. Always Will wished Jem could be entirely right. Each needle prick had it own name. Guilt. Shame....

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.