There is truth in stories, said Arthur. There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a sunset or a couplet from Homer. Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts an...
The horse grunted softly. He had huge teeth, Clary noticed uneasily; each one the size of a Pez dispenser. She imagined those teeth sinking into her leg and thought of all the girls she'd known in mid...
That demon woman you were lounging with on the divan, said Will. Would you call her a friend, or more of a business associate? Benedict’s dark eyes hardened. Insolent puppy— Oh, I’d say she was a frie...
Some guys look at you like they only want sex. Jace looks at you like you've had sex - it was great and now you're just friends. Drives girls crazy. Know what I mean? Yes. Clary thought. No. Clary sai...
So you really cant think of anyone else who might want to kill you?asked Jace.Unlike in your case there arent actually all that many people who dislike me.said Simon.
Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.'Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.'Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery tank of male egos.
She was afraid you'd freak out? Start seeing demons in the White House?... There are demons in the White House?I was kidding, said Jace. I think.-Jace & Clary
She threw the door open. The room seemed to be a sort of library, the walls lined with books. It was brightly lit, light streaming through a tall picture window. In the middle of the room stood Jace....
She looked up at him with a smile. The smile broke what was left of his resistance--shattered it. He had let the walls down when he'd thought she was gone, and there was no time to build them back up.
Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don’t suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.
Oooh, that was fun.That does it, said Jace. I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year.Why? Isabelle said.So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.Isabelle pulled t...
One can give up many things for love, but one should not give up oneself.
Now he looked at her sideways. You don’t think I look like a Shadowhunter any more?Do you want to? Cristina asked.I want to look like my family, Mark said. I cannot have the Blackthorn coloring, but I...
Not really, but after that I think about how I could kill him while he slept if I really wanted to, and then I feel better.
Not everything Jace did was insane and suicidal, she reminded herself. It just seemed that way.-Clary, pg.46
No killing, Jordan said. We’re trying to make you feel peaceful, so you don’t go up in flames. Blood, killing, war, those are all non-peaceful things. Isn’t there anything else you like? Rainforests?...
Mr. Lightwood, she said, raising herself up on her elbows. Are those under your bed?
Most Shadowhunters get their first Marks at twelve. It must have been in your blood.Maybe. Although I doubt most Shadowhunters get a tattoo of Donatello from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on their...
Mene mene tekel upsharin,' Jace said with a faint smile. 'You don't recognize it? It's from the Bible, vampire. The old one. That's your book, isn't it?'Just because I'm Jewish doesn't mean I've memor...
Maybe I could love someday.If you ever do, he said, come and let me know. You know where to find me.Her teeth were chattering harder. I can't lose you, Simon. I .You never will. I'm not leaving you....