He found himself wanting to write poetry about how her blue eyes were like starlight and her hair like night, because night and starlight rhymed, but he had a feeling the poem wouldn't turn out that w...
Haven't you ever heard that modesty is an attractive trait?Only from ugly people, Jace confided. The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me. He winked at th...
Have you tried talking to her? No. We've been punching her in the face repeatedly. What? You don't think that will work?
For the first time Valentine glanced down at the body of Brother Jeremiah. I did kill him, and the rest of the Silent Brothers as well. I had to. They had something I needed.What? A sense of decency?
Excellent. I've been told I have a lovely, melodic reading voice. He flipped the book open to the front page, where the title was printed in ornate script. Across from it was a long dedication, the in...
Bright star, Magnus said, and his eyes were thoughtful, as if he were remembering something, or someone. Those of you who are mortal, you burn so fiercely. And you fiercer than most, Will. I will not...
Because the world isn’t divided into the special and the ordinary. Everyone has the potential to be extraordinary. As long as you have a soul and free will, you can be anything, do anything, choose an...
Beautiful. He'd called her beautiful. Nobody had ever called her that before, except her mother, which didn't count. Mothers were required to think you were beautiful.
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 lo...
Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sake.
Isabelle says the Queen of the Seelie Court has requested an audience with is"Sure" said Magnus. "And Madonna wants me as a backup dancer on her next world tour
You didn't have to come after me.""Yes, I did," he said. "You're far too inexperienced to protect yourself in a hostile situation without me.""That's sweet. Maybe I'll forgive you.""Forgive me? Fro wh...
What makes you think that Valentine's change of plans had anything to do with your brother?" "Because only Jace can piss someone off that much.
So when the moon's only partly full, you only feel a little wolfy?" "You could say that.""Well, you can go ahead and hang your head out the car window if you feel like it.""I'm a werewolf, not a golde...
She was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.
You've always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get used to is knowing it.
You're all he ever wants.
You told us to leave you in the desert, because you planned to start a new life as cactus, Catarina said, her voice flat. Then you conjured up tiny needles and threw them at us. With pinpoint accuracy...
You know, Gabriel said, there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will.There was a time I thought I was a ferret, Will said, but that turned out to be the opium haze. Did you know it had that ef...
You know when most girls say they want a big rock, they dont mean, you know, literally a .-Clary to Jace, pg.313