“Men were not supposed to be mushy, but one thing his mother taught him was that it was better to understand your feelings than hide from them”

“You called the guy you’re supposed to rescue a nerd, and you just referenced Star Trek. You don’t find that a bit nerdy?”

“Don't let nobody tell you your life is over.Be every color that you aree.”

“We nearly had our asses handed to us in a sling by a bunny rabbit?”

“He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyesflicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and Isabelle haddisappeared. "Keep in mind that when your mother fled from the Shadow World, it wasn't the monsters she was hiding from. Not the warlocks, the wolf-men, the Fair Folk, not even the demons themselves. It was them. It was the Shadowhunters.”

“St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry.”

“If there’s one thing my mother taught me, it is how to wear the perfect mask. Never show them what you’re really feeling because that’s how they hurt you.”