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

As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?

I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.

You know what the worst thing I can imagine is? Simon had said. Not trusting someone I love.

If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you

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?

I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.

Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)

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

You're Valentine's son. I'm sure you're the one the Queen really wants to see. Besides, you're charming. Maybe not at the moment.

Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.

If a word in the dictionary were mispelled, how would we know?

Sadly, we can’t live forever. But we can write something that will.

You make me feel at home in my own skin, and that is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me.

What if God doesn’t keep his promises?

Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.

Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

The way is One and only One. The way is close at hand, but men seek it afar.

I went to the library and began to read some stuff on my own. My discovery of James Baldwin was life-changing. I read Go Tell It on the Mountain first, and that was hugely impactful.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.