“Sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.”

“And I think that you do not understand that sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.”

“Jem is nothing but goodness. That he struck you last night only shows how capable you are of driving even saints to madness.”

“It didn’t matter, anyway. There was only one thing she could ask for, in the end, only one real choice. She raised her eyes to the Angel’s. "Jace," she said.”

“If You don't give readers what they want, they'll be mad at you. If you give them what they do want, they'll be even more mad at you.”

“When you love someone, you don't have a choice. Love takes your choices away.- Clary Fray”

“Sophie has a gift," she said. "She has the Sight. She can see what others do not. In her old life she often wondered if she was mad. Now she knows that she is not mad but special.There, she was only a parlor maid, who would likely have lost her position once her looks had faded. Now she is a valued member of our household, a gifted girl with much to contribute.”