“There is more to someone being lovable than the way they look.”

“There's more to someone being lovable than the way they look." "...he told me that the way you can tell if a bug or a snake is poisonous, like, is if it's got really lovely, bright markings. The more the beautiful its skin is, the more deadly it is." "All that pretty face and whatnot just hides how twisted up and rotten he is on the inside.”

“I get the feeling you'd rather pine over someone you can never possibly be with than try being with someone you can.”

“I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am.”

“I dont know," said Simon, "it doesn't sound so bad to me. I'd rather have someone mess around inside my head than chop it off.""Then you're a bigger idiot than you look.”

“There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him.”

“You should see his older brother,” said Jem. “Makes Gabriel look sweeter than gingerbread. Hates Will even more thanGabriel, too, if that’s possible.”