So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me th... - Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

"One must always be careful of books,"said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us."

"Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside."

"It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it."

"Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?"

"Well, she's not responding to my advances,"he observed more brightly than he felt, "so she must be dead.""Or she's a woman of good taste and sense."