I'm warning you, that jacket is sexy. The Institute could go up in sexy, sexy flames.

Shadowhunters get very set on things,” said Lily. “Very set. Do youenjoy intensely serious romantic commitment?”“I don’t know his name,” Juliette pointed out.

The moon was wide—too wide and too close. Mentally, Simon told the moon to stop being so close and bright and that it should just generally shut up with the mooniness.

You can address her when you’re talking about her,” said Alec, mildly.Joaquín cast an anxious look at Alec, then an even more anxious look atLily. “Of course! I’m sorry. I don’t have much experience talking to—”“Vampires?” asked Lily sweetly.“Women,” said Joaquín.“It’s true I’m five fabulous foot of pure woman,” Lily mused.

I'm not going to do that.""of course you're not." Jace said. "because you live to torture me, don't you?""Not everything, Jace, is about you." Clary said furiously."Possibly," Jace said "But you have to admit that the majority of the things are.

That's right," said Simon. "Just remember, when your mother's gnawing my ankle like a furious mama bear separated from her cub, I did it for you.

Clary had demanded that Simon accompany her to her bridesmaid's dress fitting so afterwards they could shop for comics and she can feel, in her words, like "less of a frilled-up girly-girl.

Heroes aren’t always the ones who win. They’re the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don’t give up. That’s what makes them heroes.

I’m sorry I smacked you,” she said.He stopped humming. “Just be glad you hit me and not Alec. He would have hit you back.