Isabelle.It was always Isabelle.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

If I feel the urge to burst into flames, I’ll let you know,” Simon was getting fed up. “Look, did you actually ask me to come all the way uptown just so you could stare...

Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.

They had just showed up, Amatis had said. Which meant Simon had spent the entire night at Isabelle’s. She stared at him. He didn’t look any different.

Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.””I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider,” said Simon.

It doesn’t hurt.””But my eyes do,” said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn’t heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as...

Anyway, my point is that I am not attracted to you in the slightest.

Once you Ascend, you’ll get all your memories back!” Isabelle shouted at him.”If I Ascend, it will be in two years. I’m not going to be the same guy in two years, even if I...

You have a book that’s also a face?

Simon: So were you following me? Or is it just an amazing coincidence that you happened to be on the roof of a building I was walking by when I got attacked?Jace: I was following...

But sleep didn’t come. She could hear Jace’s soft piano playing through the walls, but that wasn’t what was keeping her awake. She was thinking of Simon, leaving for a house that no longer felt...

But that’s not what you said when she walked into the room,” said Simon quietly. “You said, ‘Why didn’t you ever tell me I had a brother?'””I know.” Clary yanked a blade of grass out...

Looking at either of them caused a pang in his chest. Looking at both of them started a dull, steady ache.

He looks,” Simon had once said to Isabelle, “like he’s thinking about something deep and meaningful, but if you ask him what it is, he’ll punch you in the face.

All right. Are you going to come back? Do you want any soup?””No,” said Jace.”Do you think Hodge will want any soup?””No one wants any soup.””I want some soup,” Simon said.”No, you don’t,” said Jace....

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

Simon was still hoping that somewhere in the Sadowhunter manual was the secret of the Vulcan death grip. After all, as his instructors kept reminding them: All the stories are true.

Let’s face it. My career is now professional vampire.

Watching Jace hug Isabelle, she tried to school her features into a happy and loving expression.”Are you all right?” Simon asked, with some concern. “Your eyes are crossing.

Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn’t seem like such a great prospect.

Suddenly reminded, she clapped a hand over her mouth. “Oh—Simon!””No, I’m Jace,” said Jace patiently. “Simon is the weaselly little one with the bad haircut and dismal fashion sense.””Oh, shut up,” she replied, but it...

Grief makes you feel alone, but you’re not. I know you don’t believe in-in religion-the same way I do, but you can believe you’re surrounded by people who love you, can’t you?

I’m glad you think this is funny.””You’re not happy to see me, then?” Jace asked. “I have to say, I’m surprised. I’ve always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that...

They kind of look like evil lawn gnomes

The last guest lecturer to honor the students with her presence had been Isabelle Lightwood. And the ‘lecture’ had consisted of a stern and humiliating warning that every female in a ten-mile radius should keep...

Why do you tell me you love me only when you’re drunk or dreaming? she asked. I have awful timing, said Simon

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…

Clary made fun of him about his new look; but, then, Clary found everything about Simon’s love life borderline hilarious.

That seems like stealing, doesn’t it?” Simon pulled a cup toward him. He drew the lid back. “Ooh. Mochaccino.” He looked at Magnus. “Did you pay for these?””Sure,” said Magnus, while Jace and Alec snickered....

He felt his heart, which no longer beat, contract, and he wondered if there was anything in the world as painful as not being able to protect the people you loved.

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...

I can keep a perfectly good eye on Simon, thank you. He’s my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours.

No wonder you and Jace like each other so much. You’re both crazy walking arsenals.

We’ve been here before, haven’t we? Last time you were starving, I gave you my blood. It was a little homoerotic, maybe, but I’m secure in my sexuality.

Jesus!” Luke exclaimed.”Actually, it’s just me,” said Simon. “Although I’ve been told the resemblance is startling.

And she wept as well for the others lost in the Dark War, and she wept for her mother and the loss she had endured, and she wept for Emma and the Blackthorns, remembering how...

I think he’s handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box.

When he let go of Clary, he turned and hugged Jace. Clary watched, tears running down her face.

I guess you’re coming as my date now.” Simon shoved the phone into his pocket. “I’m secure enough in my masculinity to accept that,” said Jordan. “We better get you something nice to wear, though,”...

Well I’m not kissing the mundane,” said Jace. “I’d rather stay down here and rot.””Forever?” said Simon. “Forever is an awfully long time.”Jace raised his eyebrows, “I knew it,” he said, “you want to kiss...

You may not remember, but that’s kind of our thing.”With that, he walked away, clearly aware of the admiring glances that followed his every step.

Divided we stand,’ Simon thought, his stubborn biceps refusing to bulge. ‘United we do push-ups.

I’m the one who’s always been there for you… not him!

Look on the bright side,” said Simon, “If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I’m not sure the rest of you qualify anyway.

What’s that you’re holding?” he asked, noticing the pamphlet, still rolled up in her left hand. “Oh, this?” She held it up. “How to Come Out to Your Parents.”He widened his eyes. “Something you want...

Maybe I can climb one of those,” Simon said, eyeing the fat white pillars that held up the slanted roof of the Hall. Runes were carved on them in overlapping patterns, but otherwise there were...

Isabelle snorted. ‘All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon.”You noticed’ said Simon.’I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,’ added Magnus.’Please never say those words in front of my...

Isabelle waved a hand. “No need to worry, big brother. Nothing happened. Of course,” she added as Alex’a shoulders relaxed, “I was totally passed-out drunk, so he could really have done whatever he wanted and...

One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that’s never been told. ~ Simon