Surely, she was too young to have so many ghosts.

She knew how breakups went from hearing other girls complain about them. First the pulling away, the gradual refusal to return notes or phone calls. The vague messages saying nothing was wrong, that the other...

The morning star isn’t a stat,” Clary said grumpily. It’s a planet. I learned that in astronomy class.””Mundane education is regrettably prosaic,” said Jace.

We came to see Jace. Is he alright?””I don’t know,” Magnus said. “Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?

To be together at all. Because otherwise we can’t ever be around each other, not evenjust in the same room, and I can’t stand that. I’d rather have you in my life even as abrother...

I guess it’s true what they say,” observed Jace. “There are no straight men in the trenches.””That’s atheists, jackass,” said Simon furiously. “There are no atheists in the trenches.

I know that.

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.

Oh, you know. Jace reminds me of an old boyfriend. Some guys look at you like they want sex. Jace looks at you like you’ve already had sex, it was great, and now you’re just...

Facilis descensus AvernoNoctes atque dies patet atri ianua DitisSed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad aurasHoc opus labor est

NYC Institute has one. I’ll show you sometime if you want.It’s a date.It is maybe the least romantic spot in the Institute, by the way.You’ll make up for that, I’m sure.(Jeez, get a locked room...

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.

Llegaste a mi vida y de repente tuve una verdad a la que aferrarme: que yo te amaba y tú me amabas.

the [coat] rack above his head like a javelin.On the other side of the door was Jace. He blinked. “Is that a coatrack?”Jordan slammed the coatrack down on the ground and sighed. “If you’d been...

His eyes softened. “But it doesn’t change what we are to each other. It’s like there’s always been a piece of my soul missing, and it’s inside you, Clary. I know I told you once...

It wouldn’t be my move,” Jace agreed. “First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order.

And I remind you of your mother now? I have got to look into a manlier cologne.

As long as we’re together, I’m ready for anything.

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....

I don’t care,” Clary said. “He’d do it for me. Tell me he wouldn’t. If I were missing-” “He’d burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know,”...

Alec flushed. “I think it’s more important for you to go than me. You’re Valentine’s son, I’m sure you’re the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you’re charming.”Jace glared at him.”Maybe not at...

Later, when his father left him, the boy cried over his pet, until eventually his father sent a servant to take the body of the bird away and bury it. The boy never cried again,...

actually am.

Did you ever think that in a past life Alec was an old woman with ninety cats who was always yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off her lawn? Because I do,

Ugh,” he said after a few swallows. “Dead blood.” Jace’s eyebrows went up. ” Isn’t all blood dead?” “The longer the animal whose blood I’m drinking has been dead, the worse the blood tastes,” Simon...

Because you’re lying to me. And you’re lying to yourself.” Jace’s eyes were blazing, and even though his hands were stuffed into his pockets, she could see that they were knotted into fists.

Guys don’t let other guys keep calling other guys. Okay that came out wrong.

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....

She turned and looked at him. “Ducks?” she said again.A smile tugged the edge of his mouth. “I hate ducks. Don’t know why. I just always have.

I didn’t say he was dating you,” he said, “but funny that you knew just what I meant, isn’t it?””We’re not dating,” Alec said again.”Oh?” Magnus said. “So you’re just that friendly with everybody, is...

She opened her mouth to answer, but he was already kissing her. She had kissed him so many times—soft gentle kisses, hard and desperate ones, brief brushes of the lips that said good-bye, and kisses...

Not if your strong enough,” said Jace firmly. He reached out, and she felt the back of his hand brush her cheek…

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

that you don’t want to tell your secrets, so you decided to break up with Alec because…

(Jace) “Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?” Only if it falls on Sebastian’s head, she thought.

A parabatai. Like he was. And Jace knew, too, what that faded rune meant: a parabatai whose other half was dead. He felt his sympathy leap toward Brother Zachariah, as he imagined himself without Alec,...

What’s this?” he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there.”It’s a girl,” Jace said,recovering his composure. “Surely you’ve seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle...

I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire.”His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. “Okay, so maybe our problems aren’t like other couples.

Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?’Jace said, “Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself.”…”At least,” she said, “you don’t have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland.””Not necessarily....

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...

All I know is that I love you. And for the first time, that’s good enough.

Ese tipo de amor capaz de consumir el mundo o llevarlo a la gloria

If I kiss you all day every day for the rest of my life, it won’t be enough.

As long as I can dream, I will dream of you.

Demons,” drawled the blond boy, tracing the word on the air with his finger. “Religiously defined as hell’s denizens, the servants of Satan, but understood here, for the purposes of the Clave, to be any...

And next time you’re planning to injure yourself to get me attention, just remember that a little sweet talk works wonders.

He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary’s veins run a little faster. “You want to go on a date?”Caught off guard, she stammered. “A wh-what?””A date,” Jace...

Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?””If you wanted me to rip my clothes off, you should have just asked.

I love you, Clary,” he said without looking at her. He was staring out into the church, at the row of lighted candles, their fold reflected in his eyes. “More than I ever–” He broke...

Not enough,” he said, letting her hair slip through his fingers. “If I kiss you all day, everyday, for the rest of my life, it won’t be enough.