“That's the trouble with grand passions, of course. You can never entirely cleanse yourself of them. It's best to avoid them altogether.”

“You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.”

“You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating.”

“The day arrived,when myriad teary rivers flow and the muted wind faintly died in his tearsan altar for the beloved one's departure,for sister-hood is no more,for her to adore!while pangs the beatin...”

“Regard those who respect you.Esteem those who honor you.Cherish those who love you.Reward those who adore you.”

“Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him. He won't get over you, Clary, he can't.”

“First of all, love is a joint experience between two persons but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the love...”

“I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless po...”