That was the last cruel irony of Tobias’s life: that he doomed the woman he would have died to save.

Tobias loved her more than he’d loved anything—his family, his duty, even himself. There, perhaps, the Herondale blood ran true.

For the first time, he looked at her, and she wasn’t a stranger, she was Clary—his friend. His family. The girl he’d sworn always to protect. The girl he loved as fiercely as he loved himself.

All of us lost something. Some of us lost everything.

Don’t worry, hero. If the vamp shows up, I’m here to protect you.”“Great, I can hide behind your massive ego.

Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace’s last name. It was the name of heroes.

Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be.

Oh, aye. I'm the devil all right. And last night, you were begging to step into the fire.

The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.

It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.

An endless number of green buildings doesn't make a sustainable city.

I guess I accidentally became a part of history. Honestly, when you're young and you're a designer, you have a goal, but that is not the kind of goal that you even think it's possible to achieve.

The Rosetta Stone of Christian social thought is the Trinity.

Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned.

It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share.

I had been very angry, angry enough to lose control; none of us are above it.

Each close you use should be an educational process by which you are able to raise the value in the prospect's mind.