“They kind of look like evil lawn gnomes”

“Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets.Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks.”

“Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”

“She'd rather hoped for something simple, like a lined piece of notebook paper with MY EVIL PLAN written across the top, but no luck.”

“Did you ever think that in a past life Alec was an old woman with ninety cats who was always yelling at the neighborhood kids to get off her lawn? Because I do,”

“Looking for an entirely reliable informant is like looking for a chaste mistress.”

“You love each other – anyone can see that, looking at you – that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory.”