It’s awfully butch for a bookseller.

Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.

Will, meet Thammuz, a minor demon from the eighth dimension. Thammuz, meet Will, a minor Shadowhunter from-Wales, was it?””I will rip out your eyes,” hissed the creature. “I will tear the skin from your face.”...

Pardon me, but we did not have the time to exchange that kind of personal information,” Magnus said. “I could not have known! Moreover, I wish to assure both of you that I did not...

She ought to be thrilled.

He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious, the kind of person who believed that the others around him were so much more important than...

Jordan doesn’t really care about the blood,” Simon said now. “His whole thing is about me being comfortable with what I am. Get in touch with your inner vampire, blah, blah.”Clary slid in next to...

Alexander!

I heard that about you.

I’m seven hundred years old, Alexander. I know when something isn’t going to work. You won’t even admit I exist to your parents.” Alec stared at him. “I thought you were three hundred! You’re seven...

I have friends,” Alec said, and looked over his shoulder, almost as if he couldn’t help it, at Jace.But Jace, his golden head down, lost in thought, didn’t notice.

Always ask for what you want, because the worst thing that can happen is embarrassment but the best thing that can happen is nudity.

It really was getting difficult to be wonderful.

A massive fir, it rose to nearly touch the ceiling at the far end of the ballroom. When Will asked Charlotte how on earth it had gotten in there, she had only waved her hands...

Blood isn’t love,” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter.

Magnus threw the monkey a fig. The monkey took the fig.”There,” said Magnus. “Let us consider the matter settled.”The monkey advanced, chewing in a menacing fashion.”I rather wonder what I am doing here. I enjoy...

Black hair and blue eyes are my favorite combination.

Alec,” Magnus said. He put a hand on his boyfriend’s shoulder; Alec was standing still, staring angrily at the floor. “Are you okay?”Alec looked at him. “Who are you again?”Magnus gave a little gasp; he...

Gracious, that’s a lot of bosom you’re showing,” Magnus went on blithely, gesturing toward Tessa with the burning tip of his cigar. “Tout le monde sur le balcon, as they say in French,” he added,...

Míralo. El rostro de un ángel malicioso y los ojos como el cielo nocturno en el Infierno. Es muy hermoso, y a los vampiros les gusta eso. Y no puedo decir que a mí me...

Magnus gave Alec a sidelong look as they climbed the rickety stairs. Alec caught the glance, and his breathing quickened; his blue eyes were bright. Alec bit his lower lip, and Magnus stopped walking. It...

Do you not tire of eternity? Do you not wish to end your suffering?””By leaping into the Void? Not really.

She seemed like a creature made to attract everyone and express nothing real, though it would take a master observer, like Magnus, to know it.

Simon rolled his eyes. “It’s a good thing we know the person who’s dating Magnus,” he said. “Otherwise, I get the feeling we’d all just lie around all the time wondering what the hell to...

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...

What – what – what are you doing?” he demanded.”I am almost six hundred years old,” Magnus claimed, and Ragnor snorted, since Magnus changed his age to suit himself every few weeks. Magnus swept on....

You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived.

If it is infernal assistance you require, why not summon your father?”Alec looked at Magnus with his mouth open.

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.

He remembered Tessa weeping in his arms in Paris, and thinking that he had never known the loss she felt, because he had never loved like she had, and that he was afraid that someday...

Magnus deeply disliked people who were early to business meetings. It was just as bad as being late, since it put everyone out, and even worse, people who were early always acted terribly superior about...

Do stop flirting with my husband,” said Tessa.”I shall not,” Magnus declared, “but I will pause briefly so that I may catch up on your news.

Wallowing was for elephants, depressing people and depressing elephants

A great sadness welled up in Magnus at the sight of him. It was human to age and die, and Jem stood outside that humanity now, outside the light that burned so brightly and so...

The implication was clear in the snap itself.

Speaking of hope, did you see that shot Alec got off with his bow? That’s my boyfriend.

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...

I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,’ – Magnus Bane

And Clary, too, I loved, for I watched her grow up. But I’ve never been in love with a Shadowhunter, not until Alec. For they have the blood of angels in them, and the love...

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...

I will add that I do not believe his admiration of my person, dazzling through I am, to be sincere. He told me I was a beautiful, sparkling lady.

Oh, the universe had outdone herself. The universe would be send flowers.

I just don’t see why the past has to matter.

Its your decision, Simon Lewis,” said Magnus. “Remain in the existence you have, go to college, study music, get married. Live your life. Or—you can have an uncertain life of shadows and dangers. You can...

Even the Inquisitor’s eyebrows shot up when Magnus strode through the gate. The High Warlock was wearing black leather pants, a belt with a buckle in the shape of a jeweled M, and a cobalt-blue...

Get over here. Sheldon’s had an idea.””Who’s Sheldon?”, said Isabelle.

Alec?” Magnus was staring at him. He had dispatched the remaining Iblis demons, and the square was empty but for the two of them. “Did you just- did you just save my life?” Alec knew...

enough coffee to fill one of your larger bathtubs”.

Where am I?” Magnus croaked.”Nazca.””Oh, so we went on a little trip.””You broke into a man’s house,” Catarina said. “You stole a carpet and enchanted it to fly. Then you sped off into the night...

The grandeur of the Institute never failed to impress Magnus – the way it towered high and mighty above everything else, timeless and unmoving in its Gothic disapproval of all that was modern and changeable.