“Marry yourself first -- promise never to leave you!”
“Marry me," he said. "Marry me, Tess. Marry me and be Tessa Herondale. Or be Tessa Gray, or be whatever you wish to call yourself, but marry me and stay with me and never leave me, for I cannot bear another day of my life to go by that does not have you in it.”
“Stay with me.” “We’re married,” she whispered. “Of course I’ll stay.” “You could decide to leave me.” “I won’t.” “Promise me.” “I have promised. I do promise.”
“You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.”
“You promise you'll never leave?" "Not even death could make me leave.”
“Mothers! They promise you they'll never get married again, and next thing you know you're a bridesmaid.”