“He's a pit bull," Adam said."I know some really nice pit bulls.""He's the kind of pit that makes the evening news. Gansey's trying to restrain him.""How noble.”

“When dancing with a pit bull, it's always best to let him lead.”

“The obedient Pit bull becomes the escaped tiger and it's got a knife”

“My dog is half pit-bull, half poodle. Not much of a watchdog, but a vicious gossip!”

“Remember when you fell out of that tree on the farm when you were ten, and broke your arm? Remember how he made them let him ride with you in the ambulance on the way to the hospital? He kicked and yelled till they gave in.”“You laughed,” said Clary, remembering, “and my mom hit you in the shoulder.”“It was hard not to laugh. Determination like that in a 10-year-old is something to see. He was like a pit bull.”“If pit bulls wore glasses and were allergic to ragweed.”-Luke and Clary talking about Simon, pg.211-”

“Retail therapy—usually one of my first resorts—wasn’t working; I felt like a cat that smelled pit bull.”