So it's true. You can walk in sunlight. I thought perhaps it might have worn off." "If I feel the urge to burst into flames, I'll let you know.

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.

Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially--romanced and ritualized and seasoned with memory.

Ignorance is a limitation.

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

My predictions are notably inaccurate

The thing that overwhelms me when I go out now is the sprawlation of America.

In a heavy oppressive atmosphere, when the spirits sink too low, the best cordial is to read over all the letters of one's friends.