One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.

I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else someone who will never love you back, not the way I do.

Keeping demons from this world is your mandate, a mandate from heaven. And a mandate from heaven isn't something you can just ignore.

From the first time I saw you, I've belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me. -Jace

In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did.

Love didn't make you weak, it made you stronger.

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.

I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cell." (Jace)

And I'm suppose to sit by while you date boys and fall in love with someone else, get married...?" His voice tightened. "And meanwhile, I'll die a little bit more every day, watching.

The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him. He won't get over you, Clary, he can't.

Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do?

It is a beautiful gift to be a creator.

I've never listened to music lying down. Listening's reading if you close your eyes.Music's a wood you walk through.

The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.

Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.

If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt.

Society is unity in diversity.

Many people have accused me of having a romantic view, whereas I personally I feel sorry for those who have lost romance in their lives.

If you believe you can get through an injury and fight back, and you really love gymnastics enough, you can get through it.

It looked to me like a vamp version of a pissing contest. Men will be boys.

Worshiping the earth is more fun than going to church. It's also closer.