There must always be a first," said Jem. "It is not easy to be first, and it is not always rewarding, but it is important.

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

The first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.

I'm not sure you're quite sensible of the honor I'm doing you," Jace said. "you'll be the first mundane who has ever been inside the Institute." "Probably the smell keeps the rest of them away." - Simon, 133

Consider it a race to see who kills you first, Daylighter-Valentine, the other Downworlders, or the Clave.