Even the trip throught the Portal had not disarranged Magnus's hair spikes. He tugged on one proudly. "Check it out", he said to Isabelle. "Magic?" "Hair gel. $3.99 at Ricky's.

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.

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.

All worlds of fiction are alternative realities.

I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time.

Send a coin into the abyss and wish for a blissful kiss

It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.

I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into.

Anyone who's parading under a $100,00-plus video is not free from corporate. That's just the MTV advertising agency. I find them all to be just a bit of a sham.

We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.

I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school.

A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.