You can't raise a child to believe the opposite of what you do.

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.

She was learning something important: how to live within the sound of her own slow breathing, how to love the view when her eyes were shut.

Beauty comes to us more readily on a full belly.

I WILL CHANGE THIS WORLD ABSOLUTELY

I have rare moments of competence.

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

Cover the earth, before it covers you.

In a perfect world, I'd love to make 90-minute movies, but for me, a movie needs to be as long or short as it can sustain itself.

The mind can be our best friend and advocate in getting what we want in life, or it can pull the brakes on and be a nasty little foe – the choice is yours – choose your attitude.

I want to take as the canvas for my next picture the entire surface of France.