Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

"Alec looked at her and shook his head. "How do you manage never to get mud on your clothes"Isabelle shrugged philosophically. "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt."

"I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for a while," he grunted, "It relaxes me."It does? Oh - you're being sarcastic. That's a good sign probably."

"I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?"

"Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. "I can't believe you did it!" she exclaimed. "How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave"Traded him for Alec," Clary said. Isabelle looked mildly alarmed. "Not permanently"No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back," he added thoughtfully. "In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy."Isabelle looked dubious. "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out."That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Simon inquired. "No, probably not."

"Mom. I have something to tell you. I’m undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I’m here to tell you that undead are just like you and me … well, okay. Possibly more like me than you."

"That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year."Why" Isabelle said."So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means."

"Well, I’m not kissing the mundane," said Jace. "I’d rather stay down here and rot."Forever" said Simon. "Forever’s an awfully long time."Jace raised his eyebrows. "I knew it," he said. "You want to kiss me, don’t you?"

"I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job."

"I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change."

"Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same."

"Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)"

"Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray"

"Everyone has choices to make no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love.."

"When you love someone, you don't have a choice. Love takes your choices away.- Clary Fray"

"You could have fooled me. Everytime I called you, Luke said you were sick. I figured you were avoiding me. Again."I wasn't. I did want to talk to you. I've been thinking about you all the time."I've been thinking about you, too."I really was sick. I swear. I almost died back there on the ship, you know."I know. Everytime you almost die, I almost die myself."