By the Angel, this place is barely better than a penny gaff,” Gideon said. “Gabriel, don’t look at anything unless I tell you it’s all right.

Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend.

Whither thou goest, I will go; Where thou diest, will I die And there will I be buried: The Angel do so to me, and more also, If aught but death part thee and me.

I love you. And I don't want to lose you.

Wherever we are, we are as one

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

We're not dating," Alec said again. "Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?

Don't bother her, don't try to talk to her, don't even look at her, or I'll fold you in half so many times you'll look like a tiny little origami werewolf.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

Tell me you love me. Tell me you love me and will fight with me.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.

They say the crazies come out at night. I say the crazies come out during election year: Elections have the power to turn once seemingly normal people into certified loonies.

I guess it's a choice we make," she said. "What's a choice?" I asked. And she said, "How much of the world we let in.

Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.

That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.

When it can't be done, do it. If you don't do it, it doesn't exist.

There's no correlation between how good your idea is and how likely your organization will be to embrace it.

I [Death] was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.