It was like the calm just as one engaged in battle, Will thought, when thought fled and inevitability took over.

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.

During my completely soul-shredding midlife crisis at the age of twenty-eight, I felt sure I had peaked too soon.

If you are too proud, you don't do business.

Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.

I don't want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don't.

Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral.

Let's turn inflation over to the Post Office. That'll slow it down.

One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

If met Vic Reeves, I'd have no desire other than to smack him in the face.

If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.