“Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.”
“I got the sense that he was the kind of person who couldn't hold anger for more than a few minutes, because it just wasn't in him. It could never grow into resentment or bitterness, and I knew then that he was the kind of man who would be married forever. And I decided then and there that I should be the one to marry him.”
“I feel like you may be a special and kind person. And I would like to make it my business to know special and kind people. Especially if they are boys my age.”
“But of course he knew, all of them knew. There is only one kind of a person a wizard can marry, and that is a witch.”
“Why would he marry a girl like you?”
“To marry a girl just to make her a widow,” said Gabriel Lightwood. “Many would say that was not a kindness.”