Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.

As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.

Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.

There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.

Every time I think I'm missing a piece of me, you give it back.

Don't you think 'Mark is kind of a weird name for a Shadowhunter?" Julian was saying as Emma approached. "I mean, if you really think about it. It's confusing. 'Put a Mark on me, Mark.

Don’t carry the weight of the world on you Jace. It’s too heavy for even a Herondale to bear.

When a thing becomes indispensable it's time to give it up.

It does not take a man to stand with the strong, it takes a man to stand with the weak and oppose the strong.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Resilient systems fail gracefully. A perfect system is often most fragile.

I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.

I think that any important educational goal can be realized via several routes.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

Reading is more important to me than eating.

Yes, I dont know why, but I have never been disappointed, and I often was in the early days, without feeling at the same time, or a moment later, an undeniable relief.

In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.