“Some secrets, she thought, were better told; some were better left the burden of the carrier, that they might not cause pain to others.”

“Some Laws were meant to be broken.”

“There were some feelings you never forgot.”

“There were some memories, though, that never faded.”

“There were only ever two kinds of people in the world for Valentine," she said "Those who were fir the Circle and those who were against it. The latter were his enemies, and the former were his weapons in his arsenal. I saw him try to turn each of his friends, even his own wife, into a weapon for the Cause—and you want me to believe he wouldn't have done the same with his own son?" She shook her head. "I knew him better than that." For the first time, Maryse looked at him with more sadness than anger. "You are an arrow shot directly into the heart of the Clave, Jace. You are Valentine's arrow. Whether you know it or not.”

“I thought you were dead,” she went on. “I saw you fall down, and—I thought you were dead.”

“You're not gay, are you?"Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better.”