“I used to think I knew love. But now, I realize I didn't. I didn't know love until I met Shelby.”
“I used to sleep the sleep of someone who knew she was loved. Now, I didn't.”
“I didn't realize how good I was with computers until I met my parents.”
“I never met a word I didn't love”
“I always thought love made you stupid. Made you weak. A bad Shadowhunter. 'To love is to destroy.'I believed that[...]I used to think being a good warrior meant not caring,[...] And then I met you. You were a mundane. Weak. Not a fighter. Never trained[...] Love didn't make you weak, it made you stronger than anyone I'd ever met. And I realized I was the one who was weak.”
“And I didn't know I loved her till I'd dreamt of her. I didn't know it was the real thing until an illusion had signalled it.”