Looking for an entirely reliable informant is like looking for a chaste mistress.

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.

It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.

The tradition of going to church every day of the week is not an indicator of greatness.

The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning.

There is light in a world of darkness because there is hope in a world of hatred.

Wonder is a bulky emotion. When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn't room for anxiety, distress or anything else.

Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.

Bravery is a requisite virtue because life demands it.

I may have smoked too much weed, but I wasn't taking drugs or anything.

You'll nip anybody who's coming at you with bullshit. You don't play around. You take this craft very seriously. It's what separates you, what separates an actor from an artist.

If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.