“Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.”

“What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there."It's a girl," Jace said,recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, ...”

“And next time you're planning to injure yourself to get me attention, just remember that a little sweet talk works wonders.”

“He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aware of Luke watching them from the window, but she shut her eyes resolutely and buried her face a...”

“to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

“Jace looked as if she had slapped him. "Why are you determined not to believe us?""Because she loves you," said Valentine.Clary felt the blood drain out of her face.”

“And next time you're planning to injure yourself to get me attention, just remember that a little sweet talk works wonders.”

“Jace broke off the kiss and stepped back with an exhale; before Clary could say anything, a chorus of sarcastic applause broke out from the nearby hill. Simon, Isabelle, and Alec waved at them. Jac...”

“It's not gray," Clary felt compelled to point out. "It's green.""If there was such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood," said Jace.”

“We fight monsters and unholy creatures for a living here. Grotesque, evil, violent, dangerous; theyre certainly all these things. And yet, we somehow manage to go to sleep each night and wake up ea...”

“Im in a secret underground hideout of a group of monster hunters, filled with magical totems, brass monkeys that move and enough firepower to take over a small country.”

“When we destroy it." She spoke clearly now, steadily now. "If it comes in a form with a dick, I will personally castrate it".”

“I'll never wake up in a good mood again.I'm tired of these stinky boots”

“Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?”

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”