It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.

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 stands and moves within the invisible pentacle of her own virginity. She is an unbroken egg: she is a sealed vessel

It is not in my nature to be interested in the living.But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature.

Come what will, one comfort's always left — that unfailing comfort is, it's all predestinated.

I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths.

If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?

You gotta judge a man by his principles.

What you focus on grows. What you concentrate on is what you see more of in your life.

Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.

In creative endeavors luck is a skill.