"I don't want tea,"said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them.""Unfortunately,"said Hodge, "we're all out of bitter revenge at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing."
"What do you want?""Just coffee. Black - like my soul."
"It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'."
"Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets.Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks."
"Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited."
"Where there is love, there is often also hate. They can exist side by side."