Just like an alley in New York -like every alley in the world, apparently- it smelled like cat pee.

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.

A friend of mine says his two favorite artists are Picasso and Rembrandt. Picasso because he paints the beautiful in such an ugly fashion. And Rembrandt because he paints the ugly so beautifully.

My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.

People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate.

There is no freedom of speech if you're a conservative.

There is a God, even in Hollywood.

But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys.

I had a healthy appetite [being pregnant]. I got more healthy as time goes on, and they grew. I never let myself go.

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.

The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments.

The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we've got. Whining isn't a scalable solution.