“She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.”

“You've got the holy trinity of what a girl wants, she said. Cute, smart, funny. I don't think you realize that.”

“You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?”

“Oh, you know. Jace reminds me of an old boyfriend. Some guys look at you like they want sex. Jace looks at you like you've already had sex, it was great, and now you're just friends--even though you want more. Drives girls crazy. You know what I mean?" Yes, Clary thought. "No," she said.pg. 280”

“No, I don't like you, I just thought you were cute enough to kiss you.”

“...Usually i’d sit back and just enjoy the view for what it was because it’s not often you come across something so ridiculously out of place, a girl like you, on the subway, it’s like spotting a unicorn at the zoo.I reasoned how to pull this off, to get you, to say hi, to ask your name, what your voice sounded like, if you had a cute smile because i like cute smiles. In ten minutes I had a thousand thoughts of you and you had no clue...”