“What I feared was the onset of incontinence was simply a mid-laugh crisis.”

“There is no "mid" about it. Life is a crisis from the cradle to the grave.”

“Laughing in the face of danger doesn't negate the fear, it simply enables you to smile at it.”

“We laughed at the hollyhocks together and then I sprayed them with lye. Forgive me. I simply do not know what I am doing.”

“Jace you already behave as if you‘ve never heard the word ‘fear.‘ I fail to see how we‘re going to be able to tell the difference if it does work on you.” (Luke talking about the rune Clary just created)Alec stifled what sounded like a laugh. Jace simply smiled a tight unfriendly smile. “I‘ve heard the word ‘fear,’” he said. “I simply choose to believe it doesn’t apply to me.”“Exactly the problem,” said Luke.-pg.283-284-”

“It takes a good crisis to get us going. When we feel fear and we fear loss we are capable of quite extraordinary things.”