Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.

As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.

Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.

There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.

Every time I think I'm missing a piece of me, you give it back.

Don't you think 'Mark is kind of a weird name for a Shadowhunter?" Julian was saying as Emma approached. "I mean, if you really think about it. It's confusing. 'Put a Mark on me, Mark.

Don’t carry the weight of the world on you Jace. It’s too heavy for even a Herondale to bear.

To conform is to be average.

To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

I think the Mexican government is going to be forced to at least be more aware of what goes on in the [Donald] Trump administration than they were in the [Barack] Obama administration.

I would ditch school if my CD was scratched up or I couldnt get batteries. I wasnt trying to get on the bus and not be listening to music.

The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind.

Elizabeth ... had the prerogative of the rich that she could be generous with large sums and niggardly over small ones.