And next time you're planning to injure yourself to get me a... - Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

"It wouldn't be my move,"Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order."

"Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt."

"It's not gray,"Clary felt compelled to point out. "It's green.""If there was such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood,"said Jace."

"I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's more of a large and tastfully decorated foyer than a threshold. But I do get easily bored"

"Also, I'm sleeping with your mom. Just thought you should know."