The kitchen was just as empty, even the refrigerator gone, the chairs, the table--the kitchen cabinets stood open, their bare shelves reminder her of a nursery rhyme. She cleared her throat. What woul...
The Frays had never been a religiously observant family, but Clary loved Fifth Avenue at Christmas time. The air smelled like sweet roasted chestnuts, and the window displays sparkled with silver and...
That's the van? It looks like a rotting banana.This was undeniable - Eric had painted the van a neon shade of yellow, and it was blotched with dings and rust like splotches of decay.
That was enterprising, Will sounded nearly impressed.Nate smiled. Tess shot him a furious look. Don't look pleased with yourself. When Will says 'enterprising' he means 'morally deficient.'No, I mean...
That though he is weak, he can still burn.
Strangely, what pierced his heart and mind most sharply was not the memory of her lips under his at the ball, but the way she had leaned into his neck, as if she trusted him utterly. He would have giv...
Somehow he managed to look cool despite the heat. It made Clary want to smack him.
So? Clary said. (After she Marked Alec with the Fearless rune.)So what? Alec rolled his sleeve down, covering the Mark.So how do you ? Any different?Alec looked considering. Not really.Jace threw his...
So I’m your first ever Shadowhunter, huh? Alec said when they separated at last.You’re my first so many things, Alec Lightwood, Magnus said.
Simon's dark eyes were serious. I trust you, he said I don't trust . He cut his glance toward Jace, who was walking a few paces ahead of them, apparently conversing with the cat. Clary wondered what t...
She'd always had such contempt for mundanes, the way all Shadowhunters did--she'd believed that they were soft, stupid, sheeplike in their complacency. Now she wondered if all that hatred didn't just...
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 pushed the bathroom door open to discover Magnus lurking on the other side, clutching a towel in one hand and his glittery hair in the other. He must have slept on it, she thought, because one sid...
She had never thought about her name much before, but when he said it, it was as if she were hearing it for the first time - the hard T, the caress of the double S, the way it seemed to end on a breat...
On a Tuesday night they were wed,And by Friday they were dead.And they buried them in the churchyard side by side,Oh my love,And they buried them in the churchyard side by side.Breaking away from Gide...
Of course you realize you're leaving me in the position of being the one tell everyone - your mother, Luke, Alec, Izzy, Magnus...''I guess I shouldn't have said there wouldn't be no risk to you,' Clar...
Of course it's not okay with me, I'm a teenage boy. As far as I'm concerned, this is the worst thing that's happenedd since I found out why Magnus was banned from Peru - Jace
Not everything Jace did was insane and suicidal, she reminded herself. It just seemed that way.-Clary, pg.46
No, I couldn’t, Alec said. I hate it when straight guys think all gay guys are attracted to them. I’m not attracted to every guy any more than you’re attracted to every girl.
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?...