You think she’ll be able to talk sense into him? she asked. His sister?If he listens to anyone, it would be her.That’s sweet, said Maia. That he loves his sister like that.Yeah, Simon said. It’s preci...
There's something about a place you've been with someone you love. It takes on a meaning in your mind. It becomes more than a place. It becomes a distillation of what you felt for each other. The mome...
There she is. Alec spotted his sister and waved her over, looking relieved. Over here. And watch out for the phouka.Watch out for the phouka? Jace repeated, glancing toward a thin brown-skinned man in...
The Queen gave him a look: special and secretive and shared between the two of them. the look seemed to say.
Love did not overcome everything. Love did not always endure. All you had could be taken away, love could be the last thing you had, and then love could be taken too.
Jem? he said. 'It is you, James?''Who else?' Jem's voice.
It's Simon. He's missing.Ah, said Magnus, delicately, missing what, exactly?Missing, Jace repeated, as in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared.Maybe he's gone and hidden under s...
Hell is cold. Do you remember when you told me that? We were in the cellars of the Dark House. Anyone else would have been panicking, but you were as calm as a governess, telling me Hell was covered i...
Facilis descensus AvernoNoctes atque dies patet atri ianua DitisSed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad aurasHoc opus labor est
Black for hunting through the nightFor death and sorrow, the color’s white
Will stopped glaring at Gabriel, and turned to Tessa. He looked at her and his face softened: the traces of the wild, broken boy he had been vanished, replaced with the expression often worn by the ma...
What was the point in crying when there was no one to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?
Tell me, Isabelle said.Who it was. That my father had the affair with.
Simon's band never actually produced any music. Mostly they sat around in Simon's living room, fighting about potential names and band logos. She sometimes wondered if any of them could actually play...
Investigation? Isabelle laughed. Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names.Good idea, said Jace. I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein.
For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had taken to cross-dressing.
Clary? he thought.Her voice came through, tinged with alarm. What is it? What's happened? Did my mom find out I'm gone?Not yet, he thought back. Is Azazel the cat from the Smurfs?There was a long paus...
Well, I’m not kissing the mundane, said Jace. I’d rather stay down here and rot.Forever? said Simon. Forever’s an awfully long time.Jace raised his eyebrows. I knew it, he said. You want to kiss me, d...
Well I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death.
This time Magnus answered it, his voice booming through the tiny entryway. WHO DARES DISTURB MY REST?Jace looked almost nervous. Jace Wayland. Remember? I'm from the Clave.Oh, yes. Magnus seemed to ha...