Something in him was broken, and through that break spilled a blind cruelty, a need to hurt and to push away

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 library is more precious than a bank.

There is no fixed formula for prayer. It has to be spontaneous, sincere, and affectionate. It is an over pouring of human spirit to God

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.

Psychology doesn't address the soul; that's something else.

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.

I needed to recognize those secrets I was keeping from myself- secrets I had buried long ago. I needed Post Secret just as much as the other people who were mailing me their secrets.

The days of foot-in-the-door harassment and snatched photos are gone.

Well, some people die and then they sell more records, go figure.

Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose.